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Tommy Boy Records is an American independent [1] [2] record label and multimedia brand founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman.The label is credited with helping and launching the music careers of Queen Latifah, Amber, Afrika Bambaataa, Stetsasonic, Digital Underground, Coolio, De La Soul, House of Pain, Naughty By Nature, and Force MDs.
He then most notably launched the Tommy Boy Records label in 1981 as its founder and CEO. Many hip-hop artists have accused Silverman and the Tommy Boy label of exploitative business practices and "unfair and unbalanced terms", [ 4 ] such as Maseo of De La Soul, [ 5 ] GZA of the Wu-Tang clan (on the track "Labels" [ 6 ] ), and the Gravediggaz ...
Monica Lynch (born Chicago, Illinois) [1] is a music business executive, record producer, and former President of hip-hop/dance music label Tommy Boy Records. [2] She has hosted radio programs on free-form WFMU since 1997, [3] and worked as an A&R consultant for Queen Latifah and Martina McBride.
New York-based music-rights company Reservoir has acquired the groundbreaking New York-based hip-hop and electronic label Tommy Boy Music for around $100 million, according to an SEC filing. The ...
Tom Silverman, founder of Tommy Boy Records, former vice president of Warner Bros. Records [105] Phil Spector (1939–2021), co-founder of record labels Philles and Warner-Spector; developer of the Wall of Sound formula [117] Jules C. Stein (1896–1981), co-founder of the Music Corporation of America; member of the Stein family [118]
The following is a list of albums released by record label Tommy Boy Records. 1980s. 1983. Jonzun Crew - Lost in Space; Planet Patrol - Planet Patrol; 1984
"The Equalizer" star Latifah, known as the First Lady of Hip-Hop, helped James get his big break in 1989 when she signed with Tommy Boy records and released "All Hail the Queen," an album that ...
(Reuters) -Dawn Richard, a former singer for Bad Boy Records, has filed a lawsuit accusing music mogul and the label's founder Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexual assault and battery, sex trafficking ...