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With his entertainment company Roc Nation, Jay-Z served as producer for several television programs, films, and stage productions, being honored with a Television Academy Honors and a Peabody Award. He also won two Primetime Emmy Awards , a Sports Emmy Awards , and received a nomination at the Tony Award for Best Musical for Fela! .
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.
Artists signed and managed by Roc Nation partake in full-rights deals, which are all encompassing and include ticket sales, record sales and all forms of endorsements. The company was founded in 2008 by entrepreneur Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, after securing a 10-year US$152 million business deal with live-events company Live Nation in April 2008.
Roc-A-Fella went on to independently release Jay-Z’s debut album, “Reasonable Doubt,” in 1996. Key albums (1995 – 2005) In the span of just 10 years, Jay-Z became a global rap sensation ...
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 ...
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. ... Jay-Z; Joe Budden; Juelz ...
It was five years ago when Jay-Z's Roc Nation entered into a partnership with the NFL. The alignment was, in many ways, the league's clumsy attempt to make amends for how badly it blew the ...
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." is the second single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster. [1] The song is produced by Skyz Muzik, Diddy and two of his producers known as LV and Sean C from his production team, The Hitmen. [2] It features additional vocals by Beyoncé, Kanye West and Cassie.