After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant. By Elisa Gabbert I wonder if there has ever been more equivocation about the word “best” and ...
The OGs: Rick Rubin (left) and Russell Simmons back when. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt via Getty Images) Russell Simmons says he was “shocked” to learn T La Rock and Jazzy Jay’s 1984 single “It’s Yours” ...
Join us for a second exploration of word flow, verses, live music and landscapes as Danny Simmons presents Wordsmith: A Def Poetry Reunion Honoring Sonia Sanchez – The Poetry Of Peace & Resistance at ...
Clipse have revealed that their departure from Def Jam was reportedly sparked by a dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on their upcoming album, “Let God Sort Em Out”. In an interview with GQ, ...
A Kendrick Lamar verse is the reason Clipse and Pusha T are no longer signed to Def Jam. Pusha also confirmed that manager Steven Victor paid "7 figures" to get out of the deal after Billboard ...
In a new interview with Frazier Tharpe, for GQ, Pusha T said that he departed his longtime label home, Def Jam Recordings, over the company’s apparent reluctance to release a new Clipse song featuring ...
The Jane Doe now suing former Def Jam President Kevin Liles with allegations he raped her in a company office in 2002 previously signed a settlement agreement that released Def Jam’s owner, UMG, and ...
A poem written by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared on the stages of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour. The New Jersey mayor, who is preparing to run for governor, posted a video from a recent Beyoncé show ...
It’s been 20 years since Nancy Sullivan, a media specialist at Portland’s McDaniel High School, organized a poetry slam for students in the school’s library. That one slam eventually evolved into ...
For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ ...
It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...
An anonymous Jane Doe plaintiff is suing Universal Music Group, Def Jam Records, and influential music executive Kevin Liles with claims Liles sexually assaulted her while she was working as his ...
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