The decision , handed down by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City , was a resounding defeat for the independent label , TVT Records , which had charged that Def Jam and its former top executive , Lyor Cohen , reneged on a deal to allow a Def Jam rap artist , Ja Rule , to perform on a TVT album with two former associates .
Lyor Cohen /people/person/place_of_birth New York City
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