A New York based record label owned by Universal Music Group has been established since 1984, and focuses on genres such as r'n'b, hip hop, and urban music.It was founded by Russel Simmons and Rick Rubin. They has subsidiery companies such as Island Def Jam, as well as Def Jam France. They have released multi platinum selling records from LL Cool J, Foxy Brown, Patty Labelle, Ludacris, Bobby Valentino, Chingy, Ja Rule Ashanti, Lloyd, Dru Hill, Kelly Price, Ne-Yo, to name a few.