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Lyor Cohen (born October 3, 1959 in New York City) is the Chairman and CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group (WMG). He has been a pioneer in the development of hip hop music and influential in the development of hip hop music acts, including Beastie Boys, Foxy Brown, LL Cool J, Jason Mizell, Nas, Run-D.M.C. and others. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 383 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Lyor Cohen hamming it up at a wedding. ...
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Cohen joined the company shortly after Time Warner's sale of WMG to an investor group led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.. Prior to his current role with Warner Music, he worked with The Island Def Jam Music Group, where he led the growth of its roster of artists and record labels, including Def Jam Recordings, Island Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, and Lost Highway Records. Time Warner Inc. ...
Edgar Miles Bronfman, Jr. ...
The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label formed in 1999, when Universal Music Group merged together its two companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings to create a super label. ...
Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. ...
Island Records is a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. ...
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Lost Highway Records was a Nashville based subsidiary of Universal Music until it was merged into Island Def Jam Records. ...
Biography
Los Angeles and University of Miami Cohen is one of two sons of Israeli immigrants and the grandson of an Israeli Army general. Although born in New York City, he spent little time there until later in life when he returned to Manhattan for good in his mid-20s to work with Def Jam Recordings' Russell Simmons. Cohen was raised in the affluent Los Angeles community of Los Feliz after divorce led his mother to relocate there. He graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles and then the University of Miami's School of Business, in Coral Gables, Florida, where he majored in business. Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ...
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Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. ...
Russell Simmons (born October 4, 1957 in Queens, New York), is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, founder of another label, Russell Simmons Music Group, and creator of the clothing fashion line Phat Farm. ...
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Cohen has two half-brothers on his mother's side who have worked for Lyor at some point; both are also record label executives.
Hip Hop Music Career
Run-D.M.C. Cohen entered the hip hop music business in the mid-1980s after booking a performance by seminal rappers Run-D.M.C. at a club Cohen was running in Los Angeles. He soon became the group's road manager, sharing a room with MC Darryl McDaniels (aka DMC) on the road. He began working in New York City for Def Jam's co-founder, Russell Simmons, in the early part of 1985, spearheading Rush Artist Management, the management division of Simmons' Def Jam/Rush operations and bringing a semblance of order to the often chaotic office shared by both the label and management. Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ...
Run-DMC is a famous hip hop crew founded by Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and includes Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels, all from Hollis, Queens. ...
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Meanwhile, Cohen continued to act as Run-D.M.C.'s day-to-day and road and tour manager. He managed such tours as the 1986 Raising Hell Tour, (featuring Run-D.M.C., Whodini, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys and various guests such as Doug E. Fresh) and the 1988 Together Forever Tour (featuring Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys and occasional guests such as Public Enemy). Run-DMC is a famous hip hop crew founded by Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and includes Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels, all from Hollis, Queens. ...
Raising Hell is a 1986 (see 1986 in music) album by old school rappers Run-D.M.C.. Their breakthrough album, Raising Hell trumped standing perceptions of commercial viability for hip hop groups, achieving triple-platinum status and receiving critical attention from quarters that had previously ignored hip hop as...
Run-DMC is a famous hip hop crew founded by Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and includes Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels, all from Hollis, Queens. ...
Whodini is a hip hop group formed in the 1980s, made up of Jalil Hutchins, Ecstasy (John Fletcher) and Grandmaster Dee (Drew Carter). ...
LL Cool J (born James Todd Smith III on January 14, 1968 in New York, New York) is a legendary American hip hop artist and actor. ...
Beastie Boys is a hip hop musical group from New York City, consisting of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz and the official DJ for the group Michael Mix Master Mike Schwartz. ...
Doug E. Fresh is the stage name of Douglas E. Davis (born 1966), an American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer. ...
Run-DMC is a famous hip hop crew founded by Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and includes Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels, all from Hollis, Queens. ...
Beastie Boys is a hip hop musical group from New York City, consisting of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz and the official DJ for the group Michael Mix Master Mike Schwartz. ...
Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community. ...
Def Jam Records Cohen's first real public impact came with his creation of Rush Associated Labels (or 'RAL') in 1990. The label mostly served as an outlet for side-projects of Rush-managed acts like Jason Mizell's Afros, but it also served a label for 'baby bands' - acts that needed more time to develop than Def Jam would be able to afford them - to organically grow at their own pace. A photo of Jam Master Jay. ...
Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label that operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. ...
Over the years Cohen's influence grew, to the point where he personally earned $100 million from the sale of Def Jam Records to the Universal Music Group (UMG) in 1999. He was then made head of a key part of UMG subsidiary, Island Def Jam, where he led the growth of its roster of artists and record labels, including Def Jam, Island Records, Roc-A-Fella, Lost Highway, The Inc, American, and Def Soul (including Def Soul Classics and Roadrunner records) whose releases earned almost $700 million a year. Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ...
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Here is a list of artists signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group. ...
Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label that operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. ...
Island Records is a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. ...
Roc-A-Fella Records, one of the largest United States hip hop/rap record labels, was co-founded in New York City by hip hop mogul Damon Dash and now multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z in 1995. ...
For the Bon Jovi album, see Lost Highway (album). ...
Warner Music Group Cohen left IDJ/UMG in January 2004 for a position with the Edgar Bronfman, Jr. investor group-financed Warner Music Group, which was subsequently spun off from Time Warner. Joining Cohen at Warner are his former co-workers at Island Def Jam, Kevin Liles and Julie Greenwald, as well as a trio of older industry figures including Elektra founder Jac Holzman, Sire Records' Seymour Stein, and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Edgar Miles Bronfman, Jr. ...
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ...
Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964. ...
Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. ...
Seymour Stein is an entrepreneur in the music industry whose career spans from the 50s onwards. ...
Frederick Jay (Rick) Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is an American record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. ...
Controversy - In a 2003 interview, rapper Bumpy Knuckles claimed the biggest mistake of his career was not breaking Lyor Cohen's jaw when he had the opportunity.[1]
- On Mos Def's 2004 song "The Rape Over," he references Cohen stating: "some tall Israeli is running this rap shit."
- Cohen has also had a public feud with Jimmy Iovine, partly due to Iovine trying to persuade Sisqo into signing with Interscope Records.
- Although they currently enjoy a working relationship at Warner Music Group [2], Cohen and rap legend Sean "P Diddy" Combs have a rocky history. In 2002, after Comb's Bad Boy Records thwarted Cohen's attempt at 'stealing' best-selling R&B artists 112 for his Def Jam label, Combs said: "I am shocked that someone who I considered a close friend for 15 years is attempting to steal one of my acts." [3]
- In 2002, Cohen was personally sued for fraud, tortious interference, breach of contract and copyright infringement by TVT Records as part of a larger action against Island Def Jam Music Group and Universal Music Group [4]. After a lengthy trial that at times played like a soap opera, the defendants were ordered to pay TVT $132 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Cohen, whos sometimes contradictory and confusing testimony led Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman to comment that Cohen was "morally reprehensible", was found personally liable for $56 million of the total [5]. In September 2003, Cohen's punitive damages were cut from $56 million dollars to $3 million on appeal, while IDJMG was ordered to pay $50 million dollars. However, TVT was awarded $126,720 for a breach of contract claim that IDMG and Cohen did not appeal.
- On the 1990 3rd Bass release "The Gas Face", Lyor was made fun of in the end of the track as 3rd Bass shouted out names of who "gets the Gas Face". He was referred to as "Elroy" Cohen. A&R Dante Ross also made that list.
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Freddie Foxxx, also known as Bumpy Knuckles, (born James Campbell in 1969) is an American rapper from New York. ...
Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.), is an American rapper and actor. ...
Jimmy Iovine was born on March 11, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. ...
Sisqo on the cover of his 1999 LP Unleash the Dragon. ...
Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ...
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For other uses, see Diddy (disambiguation). ...
Bad Boy Records (originally Bad Boy Entertainment) is an east coast Hiphop/R&B record label founded by producer/rapper Sean Diddy Combs in 1993 that is a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ...
112 (pronounced one-twelve) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label that operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. ...
TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ...
The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label formed in 1999, when Universal Music Group merged its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings to form a super label. ...
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ...
The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...
See also TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ...
Irv Gotti (born Irving Lorenzo) (born June 26, 1970 in Hollis, Queens, New York, U.S.A) is a prominent hip hop and R&B record producer and is the head of The Inc. ...
Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule is an American rapper from Hollis, Queens, New York City, New York, United States. ...
External links - Lyor Cohen biography at Warner Music Group Corporate Site.
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