Payday Records

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Payday Records

Type	Record label
Industry	Music
Founded	1992; 30 years ago (1992) New York City, New York, U.S.
Founder	Patrick Moxey
Key people	Jeru The Damaja Jay Z Showbiz DJ Premier

Payday Records is a New York-based hiphop label that was launched in 1992 by Patrick Moxey. The label began in association with FFRR/London Records, and released in the UK and Europe via London/PolyGram Records. Artists launched via Payday Records include Jeru the Damaja, Jay Z, Mos Def (via his first group U.T.D.), Showbiz & A.G., WC and the Madd Circle. Other associated productions include the works of DJ Premier and Guru of Gang Starr.^[1]

The label officially relaunched on November 2, 2017, with "Our Streets," a record by DJ Premier and A$AP Ferg.^[2] They have also released Pell's girasoul EP.

Payday Records’ 2017-present catalog is distributed by Ultra Records.

Music videos[]

Payday has worked with world renowned graffiti artists, photographers, and video makers- including Haze, Nick Quested, Andrew Dosumnu among others- to produce visual content for its releases.

Current artists[]

• DJ Premier
• OJ Da Juiceman
• Pell
• Gloss Gang
• BBY GOYARD
• RetcH
• Slimesito
• BlumBros

Former artists[]

• 1st Down
• Big Red
• Big Shug
• BIGBABYGUCCI
• DJ Crystl
• Gang Starr
• Group Home
• Jay-Z
• Jeru the Damaja
• Junior Tucker
• Kaliphz
• M-Beat
• Mass 187
• Motif
• O.C.
• Radamiz
• Raazda Rukkuz
• Screechy Dan
• Showbiz and A.G.
• Spax
• Urban Species
• Urban Thermo Dynamics
• The Watts Prophets
• WC
• WC and the Maad Circle

Discography[]

Full Payday Records discography.

References[]