Biography for
Lyor Cohen More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

c. 1959

Nickname

Little Israel

Height

6' 5" (1.96 m)

Trivia

President, Island Def Jam Music Group [2000]

Son of Israeli immigrants and the grandson of an Israeli Army general.

Won a ruling in federal appeals court to reduce a judgment against him and Island/Def Jam from $54 million to just over $100,000. Independent label TVT was initially rewarded $132 million in March 2003 after a U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals jury found Island/Def Jam guilty of interfering with TVT's release of a Ja Rule and Irv Gotti album, and Cohen personally liable for fraud, willful copyright infringement and wrongful interference with contract. (15 June 2004)

Where Are They Now

(2004) (26 January) Leaves Island/Def Jam after 21 years to become head of U.S. recorded music operations of Warner Music Group.