10 Terms
Contributors in Record labels
Record labels
Vanity label
Music; Record labels
An informal name given sometimes to a record label founded as a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another, larger and better established (at least at the time of the vanity label's founding) ...
Young Money Entertainment
Music; Record labels
An American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. The label is an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Universal Motown Republic Group. Current acts include Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki ...
Cash Money Records
Music; Record labels
A record label founded by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Motown Republic Group, and is distributed by Universal Motown ...
Universal Motown Republic Group (UMRG)
Music; Record labels
An umbrella label founded in 1999 by Universal Music Group to oversee the labels assigned to its Universal Motown Republic Group unit. The group was formed in 1999 by pooling together Universal ...
Republic Records
Music; Record labels
A record label and subsidiary of Universal Motown Republic Group. They originally went by the name Cheese Factory Records. The label has been reincarnated into the current Universal Republic Records.
Universal Republic
Music; Record labels
A record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a division of Universal Motown Republic Group. It is based on the now-defunct Republic Records label founded by brothers Monte and ...
The Island Def Jam Music Group
Music; Record labels
A record label group formed in 1999 when Universal Music Group merged two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a label group.
