Blackmarket Records
| Black Market Records | |
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| Genre | Hip hop |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Location | Sacramento, California |
| Official website | http://www.blackmarket247.com/ |
Black Market Records is an American record label based out of Sacramento, California. Black Market Records was originally founded in 1989 by Cedric Singleton, who later teamed up with Robert Foster in1990 as a hip hop-R&B production company, whose original acts included Brotha Lynch Hung and X-Raided.[1]
History
Black Market Records was founded in 1989 by Cedric Singleton, and in 1990 formed a partnership with Robert Foster. In 1992,[1] Black Market signed Sacramento rapper X-Raided and he released the album "Psycho Active" featuring Brotha Lynch Hung, who would also later be signed to the label.[2] In 1993 Brotha Lynch Hung signed with Black Market Records, and released his debut album "24 Deep" which would peak at spot no. 91 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,[3] the label's first album to chart. Brotha Lynch Hung would later release "Season of da Siccness", the labels second album to chart,[3] before leaving the label in 2002 and signing to Strange Music.[4] In 2001, X-Raided contract with Black Market ended, in the process of re-signing, he attempted to sign fellow Sacramento rapper T-Nutty to the label with him, the deal failed and they both signed instead, to Madman Records.[2] In 2000 Black Market signed oakland rapper Keak da Sneak, who released with them 3 albums, none of which charted.
Acts
Current
- Friction
- Gatorman
- Hanabal
- Insanity
- Jacavelli 190
- Luchiano Brigante
- Mozzy
- Nicca Sicc
- Pharoah Davinci
- Young Dooby
- Yung Roe
Former
- 187
- The 916 Alliance
- Bandana tha Ragg
- B.P.M.
- Big Lurch
- Black Dynasty
- Black Rhino
- Brotha Lynch Hung
- C-Bo
- Cold World Hustlers
- D-Flex
- Daz Dillinger
- DC Ray
- Doomsday
- Endangered Species
- Fed-X
- Foe
- G-Macc
- Gangsta Dre
- Gangsta NIP
- Habeas Corpus
- Keak da Sneak
- Kock D ZEL
- Mr. Doctor
- Nonfiktion
- P.C.O
- Pizo
- Sicx
- Triple beam
- TRU
- W.B.K. Mobb
- X-Raided[1][5][6]
References
- 1 2 3 https://www.discogs.com/label/39788-Black-Market-Records-2. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - 1 2 "Incarcerated Sacramento Rapper X-Raided Speaks on Brotha Lynch Hung & Black Markets Ced FB Feud".
- 1 2 "Brotha Lynch Hung".
- ↑ "Black Market 247". Black Market 247.
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