Paul Rosenberg

CEO, Def Jam Recordings at Universal Music

Over the course of more than 15 years, Paul Rosenberg has become one of the music industry’s most prominent artist managers and record label executives.

Beyond his role as an artist manager and label executive, Rosenberg served as Executive Producer of 8 Mile, the 2002 blockbuster from Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures, followed by serving as Producer with Jimmy Iovine on 50 Cent’s 2005 debut acting vehicle Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ from Paramount Pictures. In 2015, he served as Executive Producer of The Weinstein Company’s Southpaw. He is also a producer on the upcoming Joseph Kahn-directed Bodied, a dark comedy based in the world of battle rap.

Paul has also served as Executive Producer for the Showtime rap-battle reality series The Next Episode, MTV’s series Gone Too Far, and Fuse’s A Different Spin. He is also Executive Producer of Viceland’s F*ck, That’s Delicious.

In addition, Rosenberg is Producer for Eminem’s SiriusXM satellite radio station Shade45 and co-founder with veteran music journalist Elliott Wilson of RapRadar.com, an online destination for news, music, and video related to hip-hop culture.

Timeline

  • CEO, Def Jam Recordings

    Current role

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