据深入调查显示，现任YouTube音乐全球负责人、前Def Jam Records总裁及CEO的Lyor Cohen在嘻哈音乐产业中拥有巨大影响力，并被指控利用其地位推动行业商业化及实施政治干预 1。报道指出，Cohen于2024年与美国国务卿Antony Blinken共同宣布成立“Global Music Partnership”计划，该计划被指模仿冷战时期CIA利用音乐进行政权更迭的手段，旨在推行外交政策目标 1。此外，文章揭露Cohen及其家族与以色列情报机构存在关联，并指责他通过资助亲以色列政治候选人以及打压反犹太或支持巴勒斯坦的艺术家，来清除行业内的异见声音 1。
回顾Cohen的职业履历，他在1999年与Russell Simmons出售Def Jam剩余股份时，据报获利达1.3亿美元 1。随后在2021年，华纳音乐以4亿美元的价格收购了由Cohen创立的独立公司300 Entertainment 1。在具体行动上，报道提及Cohen曾在2024年选举期间向亲以色列游说团体Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI)捐款，该组织当时支持Shontel Brown击败Nina Turner 1。
报道还列举了Cohen个人背景及业内争议的具体细节。据称，Cohen的父亲Elisha Cohen是以色列摩萨德（Mossad）和前辛贝特（Shin Bet）特工，曾参与1984年绑架尼日利亚前交通部长的未遂行动 1。在音乐产业内部，说唱歌手Lupe Fiasco声称因拒绝签署苛刻的“360合约”且持有支持巴勒斯坦的观点而被Cohen边缘化，导致其职业生涯受损 1。另一名艺人Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)的歌曲“The Rape Over”暗指Cohen控制嘻哈界，该歌曲随后被唱片公司从专辑中移除 1。
Lyor Cohen, the global head of music for YouTube and former president and CEO of Def Jam Records, is under investigation regarding his extensive influence on the hip-hop industry and alleged political interventions 1. Reports indicate that Cohen has leveraged his corporate position to drive the commercialization of hip-hop while simultaneously engaging in diplomatic initiatives with the United States State Department 1.
The allegations against Cohen extend to his family background. His father, Elisha Cohen, is reportedly a former agent for both the Israeli Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence agencies, allegedly involved in a failed 1984 kidnapping operation targeting a former Nigerian minister of transportation 1. In the financial realm, Cohen accumulated significant wealth, earning approximately $130 million from selling remaining shares of Def Jam with Russell Simmons in 1999, and later seeing Warner Music acquire his independent label, 300 Entertainment, for $400 million in 2021 1.
Cohen’s political activities have drawn criticism, particularly his financial support for Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) during the 2024 election cycle, an organization credited with aiding Shontel Brown’s victory over Nina Turner 1. Furthermore, in 2024, Cohen jointly announced the "Global Music Partnership" initiative with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken; critics compare this program to Cold War-era CIA strategies used to promote regime change through cultural means 1.
Within the music industry, artists claim they faced retaliation for their political views. Rapper Lupe Fiasco stated that he was marginalized and his career damaged by Cohen after refusing to sign stringent "360 deals" and expressing pro-Palestinian sentiments 1. Similarly, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) had his song "The Rape Over," which implicitly accused Cohen of controlling the hip-hop sector, removed from an album by his record label 1.
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