Roc-A-Fella Records

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hip hop record label record label

Roc-A-Fella Records is an American hip-hop record label co-founded by Jay-Z that became influential in the late 1990s and early 2000s for launching and shaping the careers of major rap artists.

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Label	Occurrences
Roc-A-Fella Records canonical	211
Roc-A-Fella	3
Roc-A-Fella Entertainment	1
Roc-A-Fella Records artists	1
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam 2001 releases	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop record label ⓘ record label ⓘ
activePeriod	early 2000s ⓘ late 1990s ⓘ
associatedWith	Roc Nation ⓘ Roc-A-Fella Films ⓘ Rocawear ⓘ
coFounderRole	Damon Dash handled business operations ⓘ Jay-Z ⓘ surface form: Jay-Z was flagship artist Kareem "Biggs" Burke handled street promotion and A&R ⓘ
conflict	internal disputes between Jay-Z and Damon Dash ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributor	Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
foundedBy	Damon Dash ⓘ Jay-Z ⓘ Kareem "Biggs" Burke ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ rap ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
imprintOf	Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
inception	1995 ⓘ
influenced	mainstream acceptance of hip hop in late 1990s ⓘ
knownFor	developing Jay-Z into a global rap star ⓘ launching Kanye West's rap career ⓘ signature soul-sample production sound ⓘ
locationFounded	New York City ⓘ
notableArtist	Beanie Sigel ⓘ Cam'ron ⓘ Freeway ⓘ Jay-Z ⓘ Kanye West ⓘ Memphis Bleek ⓘ State Property ⓘ The Diplomats ⓘ
notableProducer	Bink! ⓘ Just Blaze ⓘ Kanye West ⓘ Timbaland ⓘ
notableRelease	The College Dropout ⓘ surface form: "College Dropout" Reasonable Doubt ⓘ surface form: "Reasonable Doubt" The Black Album ⓘ surface form: "The Black Album" "The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse" ⓘ "The Blueprint" ⓘ Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life ⓘ surface form: "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life"
parentOrganization	Island Def Jam Music Group ⓘ surface form: The Island Def Jam Music Group Universal Music Group ⓘ
specializedIn	East Coast hip hop ⓘ
status	largely inactive after mid-2000s ⓘ

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The College Dropout → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Late Registration → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Graduation → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

808s & Heartbreak → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Watch the Throne → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Def Jam Recordings → hasImprint → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Jay-Z → memberOf → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Jay-Z → coFounderOf → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Jay-Z → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Bink! → associatedWith → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Yeezus → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Getting Out Our Dreams → associatedWith → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Kanye West – Late Registration → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Late Registration

Just Blaze → associatedAct → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Through the Wire → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Slow Jamz → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

All Falls Down → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

The New Workout Plan → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Heard 'Em Say → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Gold Digger → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Gold Digger → labelImprint → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roc-A-Fella

Drive Slow → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Crack Music → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Roses → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Addiction → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Diamonds from Sierra Leone → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Gone → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Stronger → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Good Life → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Can’t Tell Me Nothing → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Can't Tell Me Nothing

Flashing Lights → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Flashing Lights → isAssociatedWith → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

I Wonder → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Drunk and Hot Girls → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Heartless → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Amazing → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Love Lockdown → label → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Paranoid → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

RoboCop → label → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Bad News → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

See You in My Nightmares → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Coldest Winter → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

The Glory → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Jesus Walks → label → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Bring Me Down → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Everything I Am → label → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Welcome to Heartbreak → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Street Lights → recordLabel → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ

Say You Will → label → Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ