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Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group. In the US , the label had offices in New York City and Chicago .
In 1981 Calder and Simon formed their first record label Jive, and Calder began to create a name for Jive as an important outlet for hip hop and rap music with the help of new hire Barry Weiss. [3] [4] Jive's success was followed by Silvertone Records in 1988 and countless others throughout the nineties. [5]
The duo was a great success for Jive, helping make rap music more accessible. Jive continued to support rap artists into the nineties, with the aforementioned groups and the signing of new acts. KRS-One, the primary force behind Boogie Down Productions, released a string of solo albums with Jive beginning with Return of the Boom Bap in 1993. [15]
During Shaquille O’Neal’s ascent to professional basketball legend status, he was also a rapper with a multimillion-dollar record deal. In the 1990s, the four-time NBA championship ring holder ...
Jive Label Group is a music group which formed half of the RCA/Jive Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG, their parent company at the time. In January 2009. BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive ...
Moses Barrett III (born July 22, 1973), [1] [2] [3] better known by his stage name Petey Pablo, is an American rapper and record producer from Greenville, North Carolina.He is best known for his 2003 crunk single "Freek-a-Leek," which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
This is a list of artists who have once recorded for Jive Records. Listed in parentheses are names of Jive-affiliated labels, if applicable, under which the artist recorded. Contents:
Barry Weiss (born February 11, 1959) is an American music executive. He co-founded the record label RECORDS in 2015, an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment which specializes in young recording artists. [1] Weiss got his start at Clive Calder's Jive Records before working his way up to the head of the RCA/Jive Label Group.