Def Jam Recordings is a major hip-hop, R&B, soul and pop record label that has made early moves into Web3 and NFT territory. Def Jam Recordings's Twitter Score is 7.9 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #114,569 among 493,952 tracked accounts.
Def Jam Recordings was co-founded by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons and is affiliated with Universal Music Group. The label's catalogue spans hip-hop, R&B, soul and pop, making it one of the most recognized names in recorded music history.
Def Jam Recordings entered the NFT space through a collaboration announced on February 8, 2023, with WAGMI Beach, resulting in a project called The Whales, a digital-avatar music group built around the Catalina Whale Mixer NFT community on Solana. The Catalina Whale Mixer collection comprised 5,555 NFT avatars, and the deal granted The Whales the right to use that collection's intellectual property. WAGMI Beach described the arrangement as the label's initial exploration of how NFT and Web3 dynamics are reshaping how music and art are consumed. A first full-length album from The Whales was planned for release through Def Jam Recordings as part of the project.
Def Jam Recordings has published 84,539 posts on the platform and has 954,923 followers as of October 2026. The account has been mentioned by 33 accounts, with 69 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Def Jam Recordings include 31 founders, 7 angel investors, 14 influencers and 1 VCs. Among them are Toly, DEGEN NEWS, Medved, Mable, Dave McClure and Evan.