Roc Nation

Roc Nation
Parent company	Live Nation
Founded	2009
Founder	Jay-Z
Distributor(s)	Sony Music Entertainment
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City, New York
Official website	RocNation.com

Roc Nation is an American management, music publishing and entertainment company founded by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter In April 2008, Live Nation – one of the largest producers of live concert tickets in the world, selling over 70 million tickets worldwide and expanding over 33 countries – partnered with entrepreneur Shawn “Jay Z” Carter to create Roc Nation. Roc Nation is a fully functioning entertainment company, including artist, songwriter, producer and engineer management; music publishing; touring & merchandising; film & television; new business ventures; and a music label. Artists signed to Roc Nation partake in full-rights deals, which are all encompassing and include ticket sales, record sales and all forms of endorsements. Roc Nation is also a successful creative consulting firm on several projects, which include multi-platinum artists in all genres of music. Stemming from several core elements of Live Nation’s ticketing platform, we strive to create a new plateau for the music and entertainment industry.

Roster

Signed artists

• Jay-Z
• Rita Ora
• J. Cole
• Bridget Kelly
• Hugo
• Alexis Jordan
• Range
• Sugababes

Managed artists

• Wale
• Melanie Fiona
• The Ting Tings
• Daniel Merriweather

Managed songwriters

• Andrea Martin
• Makeba Riddick
• James Fauntleroy

Producers

• Chase & Status
• Deputy
• Lab Ox
• No I.D.
• T.O.D
• Peter Ibsen
• The Rural
• Dave McCracken

External links

• Official Website
• Template:MySpace
• Roc Nation on Facebook