Derrty Entertainment

Derrty Entertainment
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	2003
Founder	Cornell "Nelly" Haynes, Jr.
Distributor(s)	Motown Records (US)
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	St. Louis, Missouri

Derrty Entertainment is a record label founded by rapper Nelly who is the CEO. The president of the label is rapper Ali of the St. Lunatics. Derrty Entertainment is a division of Motown Records. The first album released under Derrty Entertainment was Nelly's Country Grammar. In recent years, the label has collaborated with So So Def Recordings, Star Trak Entertainment and Sho'Nuff Records. Ashanti is rumored to have signed with Derrty as a joint venture with her label The Inc. Records.

Artists

• St. Lunatics
  • Nelly (CEO)
  • Ali (President)
  • Murphy Lee
  • Kyjuan
  • City Spud (Nelly's brother)
• Big Gipp
• Avery Storm
• Hitman Holla
• Chocolate Tai
• Tab (Nelly's Nephew)
• King Jacob
• Prentice Church
• Chae

Former artists

• Slo'Down

DJs/producers

• DJ Trife (Nelly's personal DJ since he started his career)
• Jayson "Koko" Bridges (produced the hit songs "Shake Ya Tailfeather" and "Over and Over")
• Jason "Jay-E" Epperson (produced the hit songs "Country Grammar", "Work It", E.I., "Midwest Swing" and more songs for Nelly and The Lunatics)
• Dorian "Doe" Moore (produced the hit singles "My Place" and "Tilt Ya Head Back")
• Derrty DJs (list of DJs from St. Louis, including DJ 618 and others)

Discography

Album Information
Nelly - Country Grammar Released: June 27, 2000 Chart positions: #1 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: 9x multi-platinum U.S. sales: 9,000,000 Singles: "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", "Ride Wit Me", "E.I.", "Batter Up"
St. Lunatics - Free City Released: June 5, 2001 Chart positions: #1 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification:1x platinum U.S. sales: 1,000,000 Singles: "Midwest Swing", "Summer In The City", "Let Me In Now"
Ali - Heavy Starch Released: April 30, 2002 Chart positions: #24 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: - U.S. sales: - Singles: "Boughetto"
Nelly - Nellyville Released: June 25, 2002 Chart positions: #1 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: 6x multi-platinum U.S. sales: 6,000,000 Singles: "Hot in Herre", "Pimp Juice", "Air Force Ones", "Dilemma", "Work It", "#1"
Murphy Lee - Murphy's Law Released: September 23, 2003 Chart positions: #8 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Gold U.S. sales: 500,000 Singles: "Shake Ya Tailfeather", "Wat Da Hook Gon Be", "Hold Up", "Luv Me Baby"
Nelly - Sweat Released: September 14, 2004 Chart positions: #2 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: 1x platinum U.S. sales: 1,000,000 Singles: "Na-NaNa-Na", "Flap Your Wings", "Tilt Ya Head Back"
Nelly - Suit Released: September 14, 2004 Chart positions: #1 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: 3x multi-platinum U.S. sales: 3,000,000 Singles: "My Place", "'N' Dey Say", "Over and Over"
Ali & Gipp - Kinfolk Released: August 14, 2007 Chart positions: #25 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: - U.S. sales: - Singles: "Go 'Head", "Almost Made Ya", "N' Da Paint"
Nelly - Brass Knuckles Released: September 16, 2008 Chart positions: #3 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Gold U.S. sales: 500,000 Singles: "Wadsyaname", "Party People", "Body On Me", "Stepped On My J'z", "Warrior" "One & Only" "
Nelly - 5.0 Released: November 16, 2010 Chart positions: - #10 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: - U.S. sales: - (As of March 16th) 236,000 Singles: "Just a Dream", "Move That Body", "Gone"

Upcoming releases

Album Information
St. Lunatics - City Free Release: 2011 Chart positions: - RIAA Certification: - U.S. sales: - Singles: "Money Talks", "Polo"
Avery Storm - Shotgun Love Release: TBA Chart positions: - RIAA Certification: - U.S. sales: - Singles:

See also

• Universal Records
• List of record labels

External links

• Official website
• Derrty Entertainment on Myspace