What is Def Jam Recordings?
[[File:Def Jam Recordings.svg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Def Jam Recordings logo}}]] '''Def Jam Recordings''' is an [[United States|American]] [[record label]] that mainly produces [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[urban music|urban]] music. It is owned by [[Universal Music Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Def Jam at 25|author=Linden, Amy|date=Oct 27, 2009|work=The Village Voice|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-10-27/music/def-jam-at-25/full/|access-date=2015-09-16|archive-date=2014-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018200451/http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-10-27/music/def-jam-at-25/full/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[UK]], the label takes on the name ''Def Jam UK'' and is operated through [[Virgin EMI]]. In Japan, it is ''Def Jam Japan'' operating through [[Universal Music Japan|Universal Sigma Music]]. The label [[wikt:distribute|distribute]]s various record labels. One is [[Roc-A-Fella Records]]. Another is [[Kanye West]]'s [[GOOD Music]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Breihan|first1=Tom|title=Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music Signs With Def Jam|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/43005-kanyes-good-music-signs-with-def-jam/|website=pitchfork.com|publisher=Pitchfork|access-date=2015-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music Signs Worldwide Deal With Island Def Jam|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1177319/kanye-wests-good-music-signs-worldwide-deal-with-island-def-jam|website=billboard.com|publisher=Billboard|access-date=2015-02-01|archive-date=2015-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713005918/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1177319/kanye-wests-good-music-signs-worldwide-deal-with-island-def-jam|url-status=dead}}</ref> Def Jam was founded by [[Rick Rubin]] in his [[dormitory]] in Weinstein Hall at [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/magazine/02rubin.t.html?pagewanted=all|author=Herschberg, Lynn|title=The Music Man|work=New York Times Magazine|date=September 2, 2007}}</ref> The label's first release was a [[Singl