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In June 1997, Roc-A-Fella agreed to a 50/50 partnership and distribution deal with Def Jam Recordings. In November 1997, Roc-A-Fella released their first two albums under Def Jam's distribution, Jay-Z's sophomore album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, as well as R&B duo Christión's debut and only album for the label, Ghetto Cyrano, on the
This is a list of artists who have recorded for Roc-A-Fella Records. A star (*) denotes an artist who no longer records for the label. A. Amil* Aztek Escobar* B
Christión was an American male R&B and record production duo from San Francisco Bay Area composed of brothers Kenni Ski and Allen Anthony. Briefly signed with Infrared Music Group, they contributed for Mr. Mike, 3X Krazy and Luniz before they released their debut single "Full of Smoke" in late 1996 for Roc-A-Fella Records, which peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 15 on the R&B ...
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]
That same year, he formed the group State Property with fellow Philadelphia-based rappers including Beanie Sigel and Freeway, with whom he has released two studio albums under Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records. In his acting career, he portrayed the character Baby Boy in the group's 2002 namesake film, as well as its 2005 sequel.
Following tensions and controversy between Cam'ron and Jay-Z, the group subsequently severed ties with Roc-A-Fella and signed with indie record label Koch Records. The group released its second album Diplomatic Immunity 2, in November 2004 on Koch. After a hiatus due to artistic differences, in 2010 the original members began recording music ...
Dash and Jay-Z formed Roc-A-Fella with Kareem “Biggs” Burke back in 1996 and released Jay’s debut album. Getty Images Former partner Jay-Z at Roc-A-Fella’s New York City offices in June 1995.
"Roc-A-Fella Billionaires" is the lead single. The song, produced by Dame Grease , features a guest appearance from Roc-A-Fella label-boss and fellow American rapper Jay-Z . Grease's production contains a sample of a version of " Big Spender ", originally written for the 1966 musical Sweet Charity , by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields , as ...