Lyor Cohen Calls Out Ye in Open Letter for Harmful Rhetoric: "You’ve chosen to spread discord and harmful stereotypes” ...

The Def Jam Recordings alum currently serves as global head of music at YouTube. By Shirley Halperin Lyor Cohen, who held key executive roles at Def Jam Recordings from 1988 to 2004, has addressed ...

The Global Head of Music at YouTube, Lyor Cohen penned an open letter to rapper Kanye West after he made antisemitic comments on X on Friday, February 7, 2025. The rapper's X account was ...

Ye has gone scorched earth on Lyor Cohen, blasting the veteran music executive for allegedly “promoting Black death” during his career in the music industry. The 47-year-old lashed out at ...

Kanye West fired back at Lyor Cohen in a fiery Instagram rant, accusing him of profiting from violence in Hip-Hop and demanding an apology. Kanye West is responding to former Def Jam Recordings ...

YouTube’s global head of music, Lyor Cohen, who worked closely with Kanye West when he was CEO of Def Jam Recordings, has issued an open letter addressed to the superstar artist, who has ...

Kanye West has thrown any cares he had left out the window. Ye clapped back at Lyor Cohen after he penned an open letter to him about antisemitism. The YouTube Music honcho went on to call out ...

Lyor Cohen, who held key executive roles at Def Jam Recordings from 1988 to 2004, has addressed Kanye West in an open letter. Cohen is known for his influential role in hip-hop. He started his ...

By Chris Eggertsen Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music and the former president at Def Jam Recordings, head of Warner Music Group’s recorded music division and founder of 300 ...

Kanye West could have, should have used his powers for good instead of evil. That’s the message from Lyor Cohen, who has penned an open letter to Kanye following the rapper’s strange, and very public, ...