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'''The Black Wall Street Records''' was a ] founded by ] and ]. |
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==History== |
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The name "]" is adopted from what was the racially segregated ] neighborhood of ]. During the oil boom of ], Greenwood was home to several successful and prominent African-American entrepreneurs. |
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Before ], ] dropped a series of mixtapes on his own label, The Black Wall Street. After leaving ], Game hoped to push The Black Wall Street to the mainstream to compete with his former label and labelmates. Big Fase 100 eventually left the label officially after internal problems with Game. Though the company hasn't released an official retail album, it has released several mixtapes including the "Black Wall Street Journal" and "BWS Radio" series. Former artists who have been on the label include: Eastwood, ], Cyssero, ], ], and ]. |
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As confirmed by wearebws.com.<ref>. wearebws.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902012318/http://wearebws.com/artistshome.html |date=September 2, 2011 }}</ref> |
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|]||2002||5||A rapper from ], and the founder of The Black Wall Street.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} |
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|]||2008||-||A Producer from ], who signed to the label in 2008. He has produced records for The Game and Black Wall Streets' artist.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709105131/http://www.iamtrebeatz.com/ |date=2016-07-09 }}. iamtrebeatz.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref><ref>. Twitter.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref> |
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|Nu Jerzey Devil||2004||-|| A rapper from the South Bronx, New York but raised in ] who signed to The Black Wall Street label in 2004. Nu Jerzey Devil has produced on Fat Joe's "Me, Myself And I" on a track titled "Breathe & Stop" featuring Game. Alongside X.O. Nu Jerzey Devil released his debut mixtape Art of the Devil and released his mixtape "Slow Feet Don't Eat" in 2013 after touring Australia with The Game.<ref name="bwsroster"/> |
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|]||2006||–||Rapper from ]. Signed to Black Wall Street after Game was touring Arizona, and received Juice's demo. Juice has released a mixtape, ''Death Certificate'', hosted by ],<ref> Accessed July 25, 2008.</ref> The mixtape was nominated for four Mixtape Justo Awards.<ref name="juicerealbws"> Accessed July 25, 2008.</ref> Juice recently released his second mixtape, ''Position of Power''. Juice just released his third mixtape "American Me", and is working on his debut studio album 'The Anticipated'.<ref name="juicerealbws"/> |
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|Compton Menace||2004||-||A Rapper from ] and ]'s cousin, who signed to the label in 2008. He is a member of the once signed group, "Goon Squad."<ref>. ComptonMenace.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref><ref>. Twitter.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref> |
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|]||2010||–||A female rapper born and raised in ].<ref>. 24hourhiphop.com (2010-07-09)</ref> |
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|Mysonne||2010||–||A former ] and ] artist from ] who signed with Black Wall Street in 2010.<ref> </ref> |
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|A.R.||2004||–||A ] based rapper who has been with the label since its incarnation.<ref>. Twitter.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref><ref>. wearebws.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05. {{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> He appears as a guest feature on the track "Cherry Koolaid" on ] mixtape, "Brake Lights."<ref>. BallerStatus.com (2010-08-17). Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref> |
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|Kaizer Sose||2007||–||A ] based rapper who was signed to the label after being compared to The Game around Los Angeles.<ref>. Twitter.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-21.</ref><ref>. wearebws.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-05. {{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> He appears as a guest feature on the track "Gunz in both sides" on ] mixtape, "Black Wallstreet vol.4 |
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==DJs & producers== |
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*'''Ervin 'EP' Pope''' – Los Angeles producer EP Pope signed a production deal to Black Wall Street in 2008. He has produced tracks on ], Game's third album ] and ] he is also known for playing the piano/keyboard on a large portion of Kanye West's ] and various other production credits on albums such as ]'s ] and ]'s ].<ref name="bwsroster"> Accessed March 20, 2008.</ref> |
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*''']''' – The Black Wall Street's DJ, Skee has worked on every mixtape for Black Wall Street since ''You Know What It Is Vol. 3'' came out. He has hosted the Envy Expo at the ] and done mixtapes for outside artists too, such as Omar Cruz, ] and small upcoming artists. DJ Skee has a radio show on ] with DJ Reflex. |
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*'''DJ Kris-Stylez''' – Kris-Stylez is the official show/tour DJ for Game.<ref name="bwsroster"/><ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130035235/http://www.bwseurope.com/artists/dj-kris-stylez/ |date=January 30, 2008 }}</ref>\ |
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==References== |
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*{{YouTube|u=BlackWallStreetTV|The Black Wall Street}} |
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