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Konvict Kulture
Founded	2003 as Konvict Muzik 2022 Konvict Kulture (rebrand)
Founder	Melvin Brown Bu Thiam Akon
Distributor(s)	Vydia (2020–present) Universal Motown Records (2005–2011) Universal Republic Records (2011–2014) Interscope Records (2006–2014) Def Jam Recordings (2008–2014) Sony Music (Jive/RCA) (2005/2017)
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Country of origin	United States
Official website	https://konvictkulture.com/

Konvict Kulture is a record label founded by Melvin Brown, Bu Thiam and R&B singer Akon in 2003 under the name Konvict Muzik. Artists including T-Pain, Kat DeLuna, Mali Music, Red Café, Dolla, Ya Boy, and Costa Titch have signed to and released singles or albums by the label. Heard at the beginning of many of the label's recordings, besides Akon's own production or songwriting contribution, is the sound of the clank of a jail cell, followed by Akon uttering "Konvict". In 2022, the label was rebranded into Konvict Kulture. By 2011, Fotemah Mba was appointed Vice President of A&R for the label.

The label operated with another label founded by Akon in 2006, KonLive Distribution, whose flagship artist was Lady Gaga. KonLive was an imprint of Interscope Records, while Konvict Muzik was an imprint of Akon's label, Universal Motown Records prior to the launching of KonLive. In 2011, Akon signed Nigerian artists P-Square, Tuface, and Wizkid as representatives of the label in Africa.

Background

Akon started his own label after the success of his 2003 mixtape Akonvict.

KonLive Distribution

KonLive Distribution
Parent company	Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Founded	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Founder	Akon
Defunct	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Distributor(s)	Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Genre	Pop, dance, R&B, hip hop
Country of origin	United States

KonLive Distribution (or simply KonLive) was a record label founded in 2006 as a joint venture with Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records, the label was to allow both parties to manage the career and recording catalogue of singer Lady Gaga. Other notable acts signed to the label included Kardinal Offishall, Colby O'Donis, Brick & Lace, Mali Music, Natalia Kills, Jeffree Star, R. City, Ya Boy, and Verse Simmonds.

Notable artists

Current

• Akon
• Amirror

Former Konvict Artists

• OG Boo Dirty
• Demarco
• Sarkodie
• Jonn Hart
• P-Square
• Verse Simmonds
• Bohagon
• Wizkid
• Omega
• Cyhi the Prynce
• Billy Blue
• S. Fresh
• Lil Chris
• Lego
• Costa Titch (deceased)
• D Teck
• Dolla (deceased)
• French Montana
• T-Pain
• Jeffree Star
• JQT
• Red Cafe
• Sean Teezy

Former KonLive Artists

• Lady Gaga
• Kardinal Offishall
• Ya Boy
• Ray Lavender
• R. City
• Brick & Lace
• Natalia Kills
• Jeffree Star
• Colby O'Donis
• Mali Music

Discography

References

1. www.vydia.com // Konvict Kulture and Vydia Announce Partnership // Vydia // https://vydia.com/konvict-kulture-announces-partnership-with-vydia/ // Konvict Kulture and Vydia Announce Partnership // Vydia //. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Akon Signs Ya Boy to Konvict Music". February 26, 2010.
3. Melvin Brown: Konvict Business Archived October 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. Masuku, Brooklyn (February 8, 2023). "Costa Titch Announces Global Partnership Deal with Akon's label Konvict Kulture". Gagasi World. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
5. "Akon Signs Gospel Rapper Mali Music to Konvict Muzik". AllHipHop. November 1, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
6. Brown, Preezy (October 30, 2022). "Akon Preps Partnership With TikTok, Afrobeat's Movement And The Rebirth Of Konvict Muzik". VIBE.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
7. ^ Akon signs 2face, Wizkid and P-Square as Konvict Musik Representatives
8. "The Akon Empire". Billboard.
9. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Not 4 Sale Archived April 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
10. Nolfi, Joey (March 23, 2023). "Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' turns 15: Akon, RedOne on the hit that almost went to the Pussycat Dolls". Entertainment Weekly.
11. "KonLive Distribution". Discogs.
12. "Akon Signs Verse Simmonds to KonLive". MTV.
13. Akon’s Konvict Kulture Unveils New Afrobeats Star, Amirror
14. ^ Mgbolu, Charles (December 19, 2011). "Akon's label, Konvict signs Wizkid Psquare, Tuface!". Vanguard. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
15. "Konvict Muzik Artists". Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
16. "Akon Says He "Cashed Out" On Lady Gaga Before Her Decline". May 31, 2014. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

External links

• Record labels established in 2005
• Sony Music
• Record labels established in 2006
• Contemporary R&B record labels
• Labels distributed by Universal Music Group
• Hip-hop record labels
• Vanity record labels
• Akon
• SRC Records