Topic: Shakir Stewart

Michelle Rivers

Mahalo - 456 days ago
Michelle Rivers is the fiancée of Def Jam Vice President Shakir Stewart , who apparently committed suicide on November 1, 2008. Record exec Stewart dies from self-inflicted gunshot (November 2, 2008) " We would like to thank Shakir's friends for the tremendous ...

Shakir Stewart

Mahalo - 464 days ago
Shakir Stewart was a music executive for Def Jam Recordings . Stewart worked for Hitco Music Publishing, where he signed Beyonce Knowles . He began working for Def Jam in 2005 and was promoted as the head of the company in June, 2008. Shakir ...

Music Notes: Def Jam VP Dead, Lil Wayne Very Much Alive

The New York Observer - 1197 days ago
MTV is reporting that Def Jam VP Shakir Stewart committed suicide on Saturday in his Atlanta home. Stewart was best known as the guy who succeeded Jay-Z after the rapper resigned his post at Def Jam last December. Stewart, an Oakland, California ...

Def Jam exec dies from self-inflicted gunshot

AP News - 1198 days ago
Ga. police say Def Jam executive who succeeded Jay-Z dies from self-inflicted gunshot woundThe executive who succeeded Jay-Z as the head of hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Atlanta, police said Sunday.Executive vice president ...

Def Jam exec Shakir Stewart commits suicide

guardian.co.uk - 1198 days ago
Shakir Stewart, executive vice president of Def Jam and one of the most powerful figures in hip-hop, died this weekend in an apparent suicide. Though further details have not been released, Def Jam confirmed Stewart's death in a statement yesterday. "Stewart ...