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In 2008, Roc Nation was founded by Jay-Z with the intent of signing pop and hip hop artists, succeeding his previous label, Roc-A-Fella Records. Unlike Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z served as the company's sole proprietor. In February 2009, Roc Nation signed its first artist, rapper J. Cole.
Artists signed and managed by Roc Nation partake in full-rights deals, which are all encompassing and include ticket sales, record sales and all forms of endorsements. The company was founded in 2008 by entrepreneur Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, after securing a 10-year US$152 million business deal with live-events company Live Nation in April 2008.
List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Year Single Peak chart positions [a] Album US US R&B [20] 2009 "Lights Please" — — The Warm Up "A Star Is Born" (Jay-Z featuring J. Cole) — 91 The Blueprint 3: 2011 "In the Morning" (featuring Drake) 117: 57 Friday Night Lights / Cole World: The Sideline ...
This is a list of artists who have recorded for Roc-A-Fella Records. ... denotes an artist who no longer records for the label. A ... Jay-Z; Joe Budden; Juelz Santana* K
Roc Nation’s Co-presidents Shari Bryant and Omar Grant give an exclusive look into their caffeine-free 24/7 daily routines: "You got to be hustling as hard as us."
Roc Nation, the powerhouse management-label-publishing firm co-founded by Jay-Z, has announced that it will merge its Roc Nation Label and Equity Distribution divisions to form Roc Nation ...
The new decade saw Roc-A-Fella begin to expand beyond one figurehead artist. Although Jay-Z remained the label's prominent image—with the acclaimed [9] release of The Blueprint and the closing of his trial for the 1999 stabbing of producer Lance Rivera [10] —other Roc artists began to gain popularity and acceptance.
In 2013, to prevent a conflict of interest with his Roc Nation Sports agency venture, he sold all of his stakes in both the team and the arena, netting an estimated $1.5 million. Jay-Z's real ...