List of current Def Jam Recordings artists

This is a list of artists who currently record for Def Jam Recordings.
Listed in parentheses are names of Def Jam affiliated labels, under which the artist record.

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A

*Ace Hood (Def Jam/We The Best Music)
*Amerie

B

* Bloodraw (Blood Raw/Corporate Thugz/Def Jam)
* Boo (1 Life 1 Love/Corporate Thugz/Def Jam)
* Bryan Mpofu (24/7/ Sosodef/defjam

C

* CelCius (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* Chingy (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
* Jessica Carrill*

D

* DJ Clue (Desert Storm Records/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* DJ Khaled (Terror Squad/We The Best Music/Def Jam)
* The-Dream (Radio Killa/Def Jam)

E

F

* Fabolous (Desert Storm/Def Jam)
* Freeway (Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam)

G

* Ghostface Killah (Starks Enterprises/Def Jam)
* Vincent Ganci (Cosa Nostra/Azzuri Parmegano)

H

* Hector Bambino "El Father" (Roc La Familia/Gold Star Music/Machete Music/VI Music)
* Hellaflow (CTE/Def Jam)

I

* The Isley Brothers (Def Soul/Def Jam)
* Ron Isley (Def Soul/Def Jam)

J

* Jay Anderson
* Jadakiss (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* Steph Jones (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
* Tre Jones (Black World/Def Jam)

K

* Kanye West
* Karina Pasian

L

* Lady Sovereign (Def Jam/Casual records)
* LL Cool J
* Ludacris (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)

M

* Mannie Fresh (Def Jam South/Universal Records)
* Chrisette Michele (Def Soul/Def Jam)
* Method Man
* Mic Little

N

* Nas (The Jones Experience/Def Jam)
* Ne-Yo (Compound/Def Jam)
* Willy Northpole (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
* Nixon (One/Def Jam)
*Money Long Click
* Ned*

P

* Pittsburgh Slim
* Playaz Circle (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
* Karina Pasian

R

* The Roots
* Razah (ManHood/Def Jam)
* Redman (Gilla House/Def Squad/Def Jam)
* Rihanna (SRP/Def Jam)
* Rick Ross (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
* R-m@nd

* Juelz Santana (S.K.U.L.L. Gang/Def Jam)
* Sterling Simms (One/Def Jam)
* Sam Scarfo
* Shareefa (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
* Sho Da Don (Streetmoney Music/ Def Jam)
* Beanie Sigel (Roc-A-Fella/State Property/Def Jam)
* Slick Pulla (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam)
* Small World (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
* Sqad Up (Money Yungin'/Def Jam)
* Shard P
* Supa Star (334 MOBB)
* Sawed-off (334 MOBB)

=T=
* Taz (Def Jam UK)
* Teriyaki Boyz (BAPE/Def Jam)
* Tru Life (Roc La Familia/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* T.Waters (D-Block/So So Def/Def Jam)
* Trick Daddy (Dunk Ryders Records/Def Jam)

U

* Uncle Murda (Manhood/GMG/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* USDA (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam)

W

* Kanye West (GOOD Music/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)

Y

* Young Chris (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* Young Gunz (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
* Young Jeezy (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam)
* Young Leek (Next Level/Def Jam)

ee also

* List of former Def Jam Recordings artists