25 years of Def Jam: how the sound of New York's streets rose up to rule the world

From humble beginnings in student digs, the record label Def Jam is credited with bringing New York's street culture and music to the masses – and even helping to elect a president'Without hip-hop we wouldn't have Obama," says Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, media mogul and the original template for every entrepreneur on Forbes magazine's now annual "hip-hop rich list". There's plenty of truth in his words.Back in April 2008 while still on the campaign trail, Barack Obama fa...

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