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Roc-A-Fella Records was an American hip hop record label and music management company founded by record executives and entrepreneurs Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Damon Dash, and Kareem "Biggs" Burke in 1994. [1] Carter issued his debut album, Reasonable Doubt (1996), as the label's first release, in a joint venture with Priority Records.
TVT Records (Tee-Vee Tunes) was an American record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. In 1992, TVT purchased the Chicago-based industrial music label Wax Trax! Records. In 2007, TVT filed for bankruptcy and in 2010 much of the label's back catalog was acquired by The Bicycle Music Company. Tzadik Records: 1995 see Category:Tzadik_Records_artists ...
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.
New York state snapped up a one-third share of Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records at an auction Thursday in a bid to make the label’s embattled co-founder Damon Dash pay down more than $8.7 million ...
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 Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment at Long Island University has announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos studio on campus that will be integrated into ...
Redeye owns and operates the Yep Roc Music Group, a label group which includes Yep Roc Records, Break World Records, and Studio One Records in addition to the Riff City Sounds publishing company. It was awarded the National Association of Recording Merchandisers Distributor of the Year Award (Small Division) seven times in 2000, 2002, 2003 ...
In 1995, Burke co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Damon "Dame" Dash. In 2004, Roc-A-Fella Records was purchased by Def Jam Recordings (which had previously only owned half of the company). [5] In 2017, Burke hired Julia Lang to work as his image consultant for two years. [6]