Co-founder of 300 Entertainment Global Head of Music at YouTube
Years active
1980–present
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 labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Jam.[1] After Def Jam, Cohen took on a leadership role at Warner Music Group. In September 2012, Cohen resigned from Warner and started his own independent label, 300 Entertainment. On September 28, 2016, Cohen was named YouTube's Global Head of Music.[2]
^Roberts, Johnnie L., "Rap's Unlikely King", The Daily Beast, Newsweek, January 31, 2000
^"Lyor Cohen Named YouTube's Global Head of Music". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
LyorCohen (born October 3, 1959) is an American music industry executive and entrepreneur. He has been actively involved in hip hop at various record...
business as 300 Entertainment, is an American record label founded by LyorCohen, Kevin Liles, Todd Moscowitz, and Roger Gold. The label's roster includes...
with his hit single "The Rain". A few years later, Russell Simmons and LyorCohen started an umbrella label called Rush Associated Labels to handle Def...
Russell Simmons was LyorCohen, the son of Israeli immigrants who had run Rush Artist Management since 1985. Before the dust settled, Cohen claims to have...
asked by LyorCohen to rejoin the company as the head of Rush Communications, the holding company for all of the entertainment assets of Cohen and partner...
moved the company in 1988 to New York City with Blodget. Around this time LyorCohen would show Prince check books of Def Jam artists LL Cool J and Whodini...
Neal Mohan (YouTube CEO) T. Jay Fowler (Director of Product Management) LyorCohen (Global Head of YouTube & Music) Type Music and Video Streaming Launch...
Warner Music Group, working under his former Island Def Jam associate LyorCohen before stepping down as executive vice president of Warner Music Group...
Ryders and DMX into mainstream superstardom and prompted Def Jam's leader LyorCohen to challenge DMX to record another album quickly to have another album...
executive. He has worked with Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, LyorCohen, Steve Rifkind, Madonna, Guy Oseary, Jermaine Dupri, and has written and...
2022-06-23. "WMG 300, An Independent Entertainment Company, Co-Founded by LyorCohen, Kevin Liles, and Roger Gold, Sells to Warner Music Group". WMG Official...
partnered with the independent distribution arm of Warner, ADA; Warner's LyorCohen finally making a deal for Ramen that led Janick to say "We operate like...
between a musical act and an athletic company, after the band's co-manager, LyorCohen, invited Adidas executive Angelo Anastasio to the band's concert at Madison...
vocals Danny Schuler – drums Additional personnel Executive producer: LyorCohen Produced by Wharton Tiers & Biohazard Mixed by Steven Ett & Biohazard...
Records and ADA UK) until being poached by former Warner Music Group CEO LyorCohen, for YouTube Music in 2019. By 2021, Jeremy Marsh was head of Rhino UK...
separately autonomous labels under the unit, which was assumed presidency by LyorCohen. The Island Def Jam Music Group was also one of the four newly established...
president of A&R at Def Jam Recordings. After showcasing for then-president LyorCohen, DMX was signed to Def Jam Recordings in May 1997. DMX recorded tracks...
separate ways after Rubin had a falling out with then Def Jam president LyorCohen. Rubin left for Los Angeles to start Def American Records, while Simmons...
recording contract with 300 Entertainment, the imprint was founded by LyorCohen, Kevin Liles, Roger Gold and Todd Moscowitz, with distribution through...
Cowen, Trace William (11 February 2019). "Lupe Fiasco Blasts Atlantic and LyorCohen, Calls Music Biz 'Damn Near a Mob Cartel'". Complex. Retrieved 3 September...
named LyorCohen, the co-founder of 300 Entertainment and former Warner Music Group executive, the Global Head of Music. In early 2018, Cohen began hinting...
2004. "Irv Gotti Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. "Executives LyorCohen and Kevin Liles Remember DMX & Reveal How He Helped Save Def Jam". Billboard...
Simone, Simone garnered the attention of 300 Entertainment executives LyorCohen, Todd Moscowitz, and Kevin Liles which resulted in a partnership between...
Cohen (1930–2004), former VP of Warner Communications (now WarnerMedia), and (co-)owner of NBA's Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks LyorCohen (1959–)...
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