Black Market Records
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| Genre | Hip hop |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Location | Sacramento, California |
Black Market Records is an American record label based in Sacramento, California founded in 1989.[1] Its acts included Brotha Lynch Hung and X-Raided.[2]
History
Black Market Records was founded in 1989 by Cedric Singleton.[3] In 1992 the label released Sacramento rapper X-Raided's album "Psycho Active" featuring Brotha Lynch Hung.[2] In 1993 the label released Brotha Lynch Hung's EP "24 Deep",[2] which rose to no. 91 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,[4] the label's first album to chart. Brotha Lynch Hung later released "Season of da Siccness", the label's second album to chart,[4] before leaving the label in 2002 and signing to Strange Music.[citation needed] X-Raided left Black Market after his contract ended in 2000.[5]
Acts
Current
- Friction
- Gatorman
- Hanabal
- Insanity
- Jacavelli 190
- Luchiano Brigante
- Nicca Sicc
- Pharoah Davinci
- Young Dooby
- Yung Roe
- Sha Hef
Former
- 187
- The 916 Alliance
- Bandana tha Ragg
- B.P.M.
- Big Lurch
- Black Dynasty
- Black Rhino
- Brotha Lynch Hung
- C-Bo
- Cold World Hustlers
- D-Flex
- Daz Dillinger
- DC Ray
- Doomsday
- Endangered Species
- Fed-X
- Foe
- G-Macc
- Gangsta Dre
- Ganksta NIP
- Habeas Corpus
- Keak da Sneak
- Kock D ZEL
- Mr. Doctor
- Mozzy
- Nonfiktion
- P.C.O
- Pizo
- Sicx
- Triple beam
- TRU
- W.B.K. Mobb
- X-Raided[2]
References
- ^ "Black Market Records - Better Business Bureau Profile". Better Business Bureau.
- ^ a b c d "Black Market Records (2)".
- ^ Anderson, Mark (October 3, 1999). "Record exec spins off into hotel biz". Sacramento Business Journal.
- ^ a b "Brotha Lynch Hung". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
- ^ "Incarcerated Sacramento Rapper X-Raided Speaks on Brotha Lynch Hung & Black Markets Ced FB Feud".