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    Lyor Cohen (born October 3, 1959) is an American music industry executive and entrepreneur. He has been actively involved in hip hop at various record...
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    business as 300 Entertainment, is an American record label founded by Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, Todd Moscowitz, and Roger Gold. The label's roster includes...
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    with his hit single "The Rain". A few years later, Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen started an umbrella label called Rush Associated Labels to handle Def...
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    Russell Simmons was Lyor Cohen, the son of Israeli immigrants who had run Rush Artist Management since 1985. Before the dust settled, Cohen claims to have...
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  • asked by Lyor Cohen to rejoin the company as the head of Rush Communications, the holding company for all of the entertainment assets of Cohen and partner...
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  • moved the company in 1988 to New York City with Blodget. Around this time Lyor Cohen would show Prince check books of Def Jam artists LL Cool J and Whodini...
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    Neal Mohan (YouTube CEO) T. Jay Fowler (Director of Product Management) Lyor Cohen (Global Head of YouTube & Music) Type Music and Video Streaming Launch...
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  • Warner Music Group, working under his former Island Def Jam associate Lyor Cohen before stepping down as executive vice president of Warner Music Group...
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  • Ryders and DMX into mainstream superstardom and prompted Def Jam's leader Lyor Cohen to challenge DMX to record another album quickly to have another album...
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  • Latvian-American musician Leor Weinberger (born 1977), Canadian scientist Lyor Cohen (born 1959), American music industry executive Leor Energy, a natural...
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    Records and ADA UK) until being poached by former Warner Music Group CEO Lyor Cohen, for YouTube Music in 2019. By 2021, Jeremy Marsh was head of Rhino UK...
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    partnered with the independent distribution arm of Warner, ADA; Warner's Lyor Cohen finally making a deal for Ramen that led Janick to say "We operate like...
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    been referenced by 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Quincy “QD3" Jones III, Chris Lighty, Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, Michael Jackson, Courtney Love, and Will Smith,. Busta Rhymes...
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    president of A&R at Def Jam Recordings. After showcasing for then-president Lyor Cohen, DMX was signed to Def Jam Recordings in May 1997. DMX recorded tracks...
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    between a musical act and an athletic company, after the band's co-manager, Lyor Cohen, invited Adidas executive Angelo Anastasio to the band's concert at Madison...
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  • separately autonomous labels under the unit, which was assumed presidency by Lyor Cohen. The Island Def Jam Music Group was also one of the four newly established...
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  • executive. He has worked with Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, Lyor Cohen, Steve Rifkind, Madonna, Guy Oseary, Jermaine Dupri, and has written and...
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    separate ways after Rubin had a falling out with then Def Jam president Lyor Cohen. Rubin left for Los Angeles to start Def American Records, while Simmons...
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  • 2022-06-23. "WMG 300, An Independent Entertainment Company, Co-Founded by Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, and Roger Gold, Sells to Warner Music Group". WMG Official...
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  • Brian Grazer, Gary Jones, Happy Walters, Harry Garfield, Kevin Liles and Lyor Cohen serving as executive producers. It features contributions from Amil, Brian...
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    Cowen, Trace William (11 February 2019). "Lupe Fiasco Blasts Atlantic and Lyor Cohen, Calls Music Biz 'Damn Near a Mob Cartel'". Complex. Retrieved 3 September...
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    night. Due to his involvement with Roc-A-Fella, Irv was then hired by Lyor Cohen to work at Def Jam Recordings. During Irv's first meeting with the label...
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    2004. "Irv Gotti Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. "Executives Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles Remember DMX & Reveal How He Helped Save Def Jam". Billboard...
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  • named Lyor Cohen, the co-founder of 300 Entertainment and former Warner Music Group executive, the Global Head of Music. In early 2018, Cohen began hinting...
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    Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2023. Lyor Cohen (November 9, 2022). "We hit 80 million?!". Archived from the original...
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  • – producer (track 11) Larry Sturm – programming & recording (track 1) Lyor Cohen – executive producer LaVita Raynor – performer (track 6) Malik Deshawn...
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  • Cohen (1930–2004), former VP of Warner Communications (now WarnerMedia), and (co-)owner of NBA's Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks Lyor Cohen (1959–)...
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  • also contained insults aimed at rapper MC Hammer and record executive Lyor Cohen. As reported in many interviews, Serch had tried (unsuccessfully) to join...
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  • Current Neal Mohan (CEO) Lyor Cohen John Farrell Former Steve Chen (founder) Chad Hurley (founder & CEO) Salar Kamangar (CEO) Susan Wojcicki (CEO) Jawed...
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  • Rhymes Sean "Puffy" Combs Mathematics Ed Lover Russell Simmons Kevin Liles Lyor Cohen DJ Twinz Backstage at AllMovie Backstage at IMDb Backstage at Box Office...
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