Black Market Records
Distributor(s)EMPIRE
GenreHip hop
Country of originUnited States of America
LocationSacramento, 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, 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] X-Raided left Black Market after his contract ended in 2000.[5]

Acts

Current

  • Friction
  • Gatorman
  • Hanabal
  • Insanity
  • Jacavelli 190
  • Brotha Lynch Hung
  • Luchiano Brigante
  • Nicca Sicc
  • Pharaoh Davinci
  • Young Dooby
  • Yung Roe
  • Sha Hef

Former

  • 187
  • The 916 Alliance
  • Bandana tha Ragg
  • B.P.M.
  • Big Lurch
  • Black Dynasty
  • Black Rhino
  • C-Bo
  • Cold World Hustlers
  • D-Flex
  • Daz Dillinger
  • DC Ray
  • Doomsday Productions
  • 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

  1. ↑ "Black Market Records - Better Business Bureau Profile". Better Business Bureau.
  2. 1 2 3 Boucher, Geoff (17 November 2002). "Tied by music and murder". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Mark (October 3, 1999). "Record exec spins off into hotel biz". Sacramento Business Journal.
  4. 1 2 "Brotha Lynch Hung". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
  5. ↑ "Incarcerated Sacramento Rapper X-Raided Speaks on Brotha Lynch Hung & Black Markets Ced FB Feud".
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