Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Ruff Ryders Entertainment
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1988
Founder	Chivon, Dee, and Waah Dean
Distributor(s)	Interscope (US) Polydor (Outside US) Artemis (US) / Universal Motown Records Group
Genre	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].

Founders

• Dee
• Waah
• Chivon

Recently Co-Founder Dee was arrested on posission of drugs and guns

Artists

• DMX
• Flashy
• Infared & Cross
• Jadakiss
• Kartoon
• The L.O.X.
• Styles P
• Sheek Louch
• Aja Smith
• Eve
• Tray Dot
• Lynne Timmes (aka LT)
• Cassidy
• Griz
• Scarlett
• My-My

Former Artist

• Drag-On 1999-2006
• Jin 2004-2005
• Fiend
• Parle

Producers

• Swizz Beatz
• P.K
• Neo Da Matrix
• Devine
• Tuneheadz

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 Definition of X: The Pick of The Litter (Greatest Hits) (2007)
• Soul Of A Man (2007)

Drag-On

• Opposite of H2O (2000)
• Hell and Back (2004)

Eve

• First Lady (1999)
• Scorpion (2001)
• Eve-Olution (2002)
• Here I Am (2007)

Jadakiss

• Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001)
• Kiss of Death (2004)
• Kiss My Ass (2007)

Styles P

• A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002)
• Time Is Money (2006)
• The Ghost Sessions (2007)
• five Star General (2007)

Sheek Louch

• Walk Witt Me (2003)
• After Taxes (2005)

The L.O.X.

• Money, Power & Respect
• We Are The Streets (2000)
• Live Suffer Celebrate(2007)

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)

Swizz Beatz

• Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (2002)
• One Man Band Man (2007)

Cassidy

• Split Personality (2004)
• I'm a Hustla (2005)
• It Is What It Is (2007)

Flashy

• Hardwork (2007)

Kartoon

• TBA (2007)

Lynne Timmes (LT)

• Human (2007)

Ruff Ryders Mixtapes

• Ruff Ryders Redemption Vol. 1 (Big Mike) (2005)
• Ruff Ryders Redemption Vol. 2 (Big Mike) (2005)
• Ruff Ryders Redemption Vol. 3 (Big Mike) (2005)
• We In Here (2006)[2]

See also

• List of record labels

External link

• Official Ruff Ryders Website