{"id":74718,"date":"2014-02-01T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T12:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=74718"},"modified":"2014-02-01T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T12:47:58","slug":"def-jam-recordings-celebrates-historic-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/def-jam-recordings-celebrates-historic-30th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Def Jam Recordings celebrates historic 30th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Defjam30_logo_final_echo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"74719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/def-jam-recordings-celebrates-historic-30th-anniversary\/print-25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Defjam30_logo_final_echo.jpg?fit=374%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"374,342\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Print&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Print\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Defjam30_logo_final_echo.jpg?fit=374%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74719\" alt=\"Print\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Defjam30_logo_final_echo.jpg?resize=374%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"374\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Def Jam founders Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons have a lot to celebrate \u2014 the pioneering hip-hop label is observing its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defjam.com\/def-jam-recordings-celebrates-historic-30th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">30th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in Rubin\u2019s college dorm room, Def Jam has become an international cultural powerhouse, responsible for fostering artists from LL Cool J and Public Enemy to Jay Z and Kanye West.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons and Rubin expressed their mutual disbelief in their overall success in a joint statement that reads: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe it was 30 years ago when we first put the Def Jam logo on a hip-hop recording at an NYU dormitory. Since that time we have seen this homegrown American music grow from a local underground scene to a worldwide phenomenon. Today Def Jam remains the gold standard for taste, culture and revolutionary thought. To quote the Chuck D line: \u2018Def Jam tells you who I am\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the feat, the label has unveiled a new #DefJam30 logo. Further updates on events and albums will be announced at a later time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Def Jam founders Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons have a lot to celebrate \u2014 the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-jr8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}