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.

Aliases (1)

Roc-A-Fella ×2

Statements (48)

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 was flagship artist → Kareem "Biggs" Burke handled street promotion and A&R →
conflict	internal disputes between Jay-Z and Damon Dash →
country	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	"College Dropout" → "Reasonable Doubt" → "The Black Album" → "The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse" → "The Blueprint" → "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life" →
parentOrganization	The Island Def Jam Music Group → Universal Music Group →
specializedIn	East Coast hip hop →
status	largely inactive after mid-2000s →

Referenced by (76)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
808s & Heartbreak → Addiction → All Falls Down → Amazing → Bad News → Bring Me Down → Can't Tell Me Nothing → Coldest Winter → Crack Music → Devil in a New Dress → Diamonds from Sierra Leone → Drive Slow → Drunk and Hot Girls → Flashing Lights → Gold Digger → Gone → Good Life → Gorgeous → Graduation → Heard 'Em Say → Heartless → Hell of a Life → H•A•M → I Wonder → Jay-Z → Late Registration → Late Registration → Magna Carta Holy Grail → Monster (Kanye West song) → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → New Day → New Day ("Roc-A-Fella") → No Church in the Wild → Otis → Paranoid → Roses → Runaway → See You in My Nightmares → Slow Jamz → So Appalled → Street Lights → Stronger → That's My Bitch → The Blueprint → The College Dropout → The Glory → The New Workout Plan → Through the Wire → Watch the Throne → Welcome to Heartbreak → Who Gon Stop Me → Who Will Survive in America → Yeezus →	recordLabel
All of the Lights → Blame Game → Dark Fantasy → Everything I Am → Jesus Walks → Lost in the World → Love Lockdown → Niggas in Paris → Power → RoboCop → Say You Will → Welcome to the Jungle →	label
Bink! → Getting Out Our Dreams → Made in America → Murder to Excellence →	associatedWith
Cam'ron →	affiliation
Just Blaze →	associatedAct
Jay-Z →	coFounderOf
Def Jam Recordings →	hasImprint
Flashing Lights →	isAssociatedWith
Gold Digger ("Roc-A-Fella") →	labelImprint
Jay-Z →	memberOf