Def Jam Recordings (Research)

- Def Jam recordings is a music record label that is based in New York City which was founded in 1984 by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons

- They are owned by the Universal music group and they have international distribution companies such as Def Jam Japan, which operates through Universal music Japan and in the UK it’s distributed through Virgin EMI Records

- The music record label mainly focuses on hip hop, pop and urban music and they have a collective of notable artists such as Kanye West, Kid Cudi, DMX, Logic, Nas and many more.

- On their Website, they promote the latest album from one of their current artists, which is then followed by other news of the latest albums from other artists as well as interviews and the history behind the stories behind Def Jam Recordings.

- On their navigation bar it allows users to browse and explore the many areas of the websites from learning about the current roster of the record label to supporting artists by buying merch through the website as well as watch the latest music videos and buy tickets to events of one of the artists.