Roc-A-Fella Records

Roc-A-Fella Records
Roc-A-Fella Records
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1994
Founder	Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter ; Damon "Dame" Dash ; Kareem "Biggs" Burke
Defunct	2013
Status	Defunct
Distributor(s)	Priority Records (Reasonable Doubt); Payday/FFRR (In My Lifetime); Def Jam (United States); Mercury (United Kingdom);
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City

Roc-A-Fella Records was an American hip hop record label and music management company founded by record executives and entrepreneurs Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Damon Dash, and Kareem "Biggs" Burke in 1994. Carter issued his debut album, Reasonable Doubt (1996) as the label's first release, in a joint venture with Priority Records. The label has signed and released albums for acts including Kanye West, Cam'ron, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Juelz Santana, Freeway, Jadakiss, Teairra Marí, State Property, and The Diplomats before its dissolution in 2013.

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