Ruff Ryders Entertainment
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| Ruff Ryders Entertainment | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder(s) | Chivon, Dee, and Waah Dean |
| Distributing label | Interscope (US) Polydor (Outside US) Artemis (US) / Universal Motown Records Group |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, R&B |
| Country of origin | US |
| Official Website | http://www.ruffryders.com |
Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a New York-based record label and management company, specializing in hip hop music. It was founded in 1988 by Chivon Dean and her brothers Dee and Waah, uncles of producer Swizz Beatz. The misspelling is deliberate, and a take off of Theodore Roosevelt's band of Rough Riders, the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.
Ruff Ryders' founders were initially famous for managing rapper DMX, who became a multi-platinum star for Def Jam Records in the late-1990s. After DMX's success, the management company started its own label imprint through Interscope Records, and had success with releases from female rapper Eve, former Bad Boy Records group The L.O.X. and its main rapper Jadakiss, Drag-On, and newcomer Jin, winner of BET's 106 & Park freestyle MC battle competition. The Deans' nephew Swizz Beatz is the main producer for most of the acts on the roster.
Rapper Cassidy got signed to the record label by Swizz Beatz to Ruff Ryders, as well. [1].
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[edit] Artists
- DMX
- Flashy
- Infared & Cross
- Jadakiss
- Kartoon
- The L.O.X.
- Swizz Beatz
- Styles P
- Sheek Louch
- AJA
- J-Hood
- Eve
- Lynne Timmes (aka LT)
- Cassidy
[edit] Former Artist
[edit] Releases
DMX:
- It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
- Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998)
- ...And Then There Was X (1999)
- The Great Depression (2001)
- Grand Champ (2003)
- Year of the Dog...Again (2006)
- The Dog (2007)
- Opposite of H2O (2000)
- Hell and Back (2004)
Eve:
- First Lady (1999)
- Scorpion (2001)
- Eve-Olution (2002)
- Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001)
- Kiss of Death (2004)
- A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002)
- Time Is Money (2006)
- We Are the Streets (2000)
Jin:
- The Rest Is History (2004)
Ruff Ryders:
- Ryde or Die Vol. 1 (1999)
- Ryde or Die Vol. 2 (2000)
- Ryde or Die Vol. 3 (2001)
- The Redemption Vol. 4 (2005)
- G.H.E.T.T.O Stories (2002)
- One Man Band Man (2007)
- Split Personality (2004)
- I'm a Hustla (2005)
- It Is What It Is (2007)
[edit] Ruff Ryders Mixtapes
- Ruff Ryders Redemption Vol. 2 (Big Mike) (2005)
- Ruff Ryders Redemption Vol. 3 (Big Mike) (2005)
- Ruff Ryders Redemption Vol. 4 (Big Mike) (2005)
- We In Here (2006)[2]
