Blackmarket Records

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Black Market Records
Blackmarket Records Logo.gif
GenreHip hop
Country of originUnited States of America
LocationSacramento, California

Black Market Records is an American record label based in Sacramento, California founded in 1989.[1] Its acts included Brotha Lynch Hung and X-Raided.[2]

History[]

Black Market Records was founded in 1989 by Cedric Singleton.[3] In 1992 the label released Sacramento rapper X-Raided's album "Psycho Active" featuring Brotha Lynch Hung.[2] In 1993 the label released Brotha Lynch Hung's EP "24 Deep",[2] which rose to no. 91 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,[4] the label's first album to chart. Brotha Lynch Hung later released "Season of da Siccness", the label's second album to chart.[4] X-Raided left Black Market after his contract ended in 2000.[5]

Acts[]

Current

  • Friction
  • Gatorman
  • Hanabal
  • Insanity
  • Jacavelli 190
  • Luchiano Brigante
  • Nicca Sicc
  • Pharoah Davinci
  • Young Dooby
  • Yung Roe
  • Sha Hef

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
  • Ganksta NIP
  • Habeas Corpus
  • Keak da Sneak
  • Kock D ZEL
  • Mr. Doctor
  • Mozzy
  • Nonfiktion
  • P.C.O
  • Pizo
  • Sicx
  • Triple beam
  • TRU
  • W.B.K. Mobb
  • X-Raided[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Black Market Records - Better Business Bureau Profile". Better Business Bureau.
  2. ^ a b c d "Black Market Records (2)".
  3. ^ Anderson, Mark (October 3, 1999). "Record exec spins off into hotel biz". Sacramento Business Journal.
  4. ^ a b "Brotha Lynch Hung". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
  5. ^ "Incarcerated Sacramento Rapper X-Raided Speaks on Brotha Lynch Hung & Black Markets Ced FB Feud".
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