Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a New York City-based record label and management company, specializing in hip hop music. It was founded in 1988 by Chivon Dean and her brothers Dee and Waah. The misspelling is deliberate.

Ruff Ryders' founders were initially famous for managing rapper DMX, who became a multi-platinum star for Def Jam Records in the late-1990s. After DMX's success, the management company started its own label imprint through Interscope Records, and had success with releases from female rapper Eve, former Bad Boy Records group The L.O.X. and its main rapper Jadakiss, Drag-On, and newcomer Jin, winner of BET's 106 & Park freestyle MC battle competition. The Deans' nephew Swizz Beatz is the main producer for most of the acts on the roster.

As of 2006 the roster is:

• Aja
• Devilz Son
• DMX
• Drag-On
• Eve
• Flashy
• Infared & Cross
• J-Hood
• Jadakiss
• Jin
• Kartoon
• Sheek Louch
• Styles P.
• Swizz Beatz

Discography

• 1999: Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 1
• 2000: Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 2; #2 US, #3 CAN
• 2001: Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In The R We Trust
• 2005: Ruff Ryders Ryde Or Die Vol. 4: Redemption; #40 US.

External link

• Official Ruff Ryders Website

American record labels | Hip hop collectives

Ruff Ryders Entertainment