How Mariah Carey Got Jay Z His Job At Def Jam and in turn started Rihanna

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L.A. Reid took Mariah Carey's advice and gave Jay Z the position of Def Jam President.

 

L.A. Reid has had worked with many of the biggest names in music throughout his career in the industry, many of which came about during his seven years at Def Jam. One of his biggest accomplishments while at the label was revivingMariah Carey's then-floundering career, helping her to craft the extremely successful comeback album,  The Emancipation Of Mimi.

Guesting on the Rap Radar podcast this week, Reid talked a bit about his time at the label, and revealed that Carey also gave him some advice, namely suggesting Jay Z to take the position as President.

According to Reid, he called the singer up for ideas on the position, to which she offered “hire Jigga!”

The mogul then joked that the move may have been a bit more calculated than it seemed, as Jay happened to come through the office not long after their conversation. “I was like wait, they choreographed this,” said Reid. “That was too good. He was so on time and it worked out.”

Hov ended up serving as president from 2004 to 2008, launching the career of Rihanna during his stay.

 

Listen to the full interview below.

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/mariah-carey-got-jay-z-his-job-at-def-jam-news.18238.html

 

 

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Thank you Jigga for Rihanna's career

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mariah, the queen of employment, dahhling

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This makes me think Mariah and Jay-Z had a fling. OR Mariah is part of the Illuminati 

 

"So I gave you a career and now you don't know who JLO is, got it?"

 

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This makes me think Mariah and Jay-Z had a fling. OR Mariah is part of the Illuminati 

 

"So I gave you a career and now you don't know who JLO is, got it?"

 

OMG 

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OMG 

she didn't listen.

 

 

 

 

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she didn't listen.

 

 

 

 

Which party was it from?

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Which party was it from?

the one with mariah and rihanna?

I believe that was the VEVO launch party at the end of 2009

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the one with mariah and rihanna?

I believe that was the VEVO launch party at the end of 2009

This reminded me why Mariah's Christmas videos are being uploaded so early?

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This reminded me why Mariah's Christmas videos are being uploaded so early?

ooh ya i just looked that up, yep they were uploaded the first day. Prob happened for the other artists in attendance too. Gaga, Rihanna, TSwift, Kesha (though she was brand new), Ciara, Justin Bieber, Fall Out Boy, etc.

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ooh ya i just looked that up, yep they were uploaded the first day. Prob happened for the other artists in attendance too. Gaga, Rihanna, TSwift, Kesha (though she was brand new), Ciara, Justin Bieber, Fall Out Boy, etc.

I think it's a tad bit strange VEVO are uploading Christmas music before Halloween

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I think it's a tad bit strange VEVO are uploading Christmas music before Halloween

oooh i thought u meant like when vevo was launched cuz All I Want for Christmas Is You was uploaded Nov 2009

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oooh i thought u meant like when vevo was launched cuz All I Want for Christmas Is You was uploaded Nov 2009

OMG 

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It reminded me of that "Britney Inventions" tumblr for some reason

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It's very interesting how Mariah inadvertently created Rihanna.