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Ruff Ryders Entertainment
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Chivon, Dee, and Waah Dean |
| Distributing label | Interscope (US) Polydor (Outside US) Artemis (US) / Universal Motown Records Group |
| Genre | Hip hop, R&B |
| Country of origin | US |
| Official website | http://www.ruffryders.com |
Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a New York-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, uncles of producer Swizz Beatz. The misspelling is deliberate, and a take off of Theodore Roosevelt's band of Rough Riders, the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.
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. In 2006 Cassidy was signed to the label through Swizz Beatz along with Full Surface labelmate Yung Wun.
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- Darrin "Dee" Dean
- Joaquin "Waah" Dean
- Chivon Dean
- D-Block (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
- Jadakiss (Ruff Ryders/Roc-A-Fella/D-Block Records)
- Sheek Louch (Ruff Ryders/Koch Records/D-Block Records)
- Styles P (Ruff Ryders/Koch RecordsPhantom Ent./D-Block Records)
- DMX (Ruff Ryders/Sony/Bloodline records)
- Swizz Beatz {Ruff Ryders/Universal/Full Surface)
- Eve (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/Geffen)
- Lynne Timmes (aka LT) (Ruff Ryders/Ruff Pop)
- Yung Wun (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/J Records)
- Cassidy (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/J Records)
- Kartoon (Ruff Ryders)
- Flashy (Ruff Ryders)
- D-Block Records Founded By Jadakiss, Styles P & Sheek Louch
- Bloodline Records Founded By DMX
- Full Surface Founded By Swizz Beatz
- It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
- Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998)
- ...And Then There Was X (1999)
- The Great Depression (2001)
- Grand Champ (2003)
- Year of the Dog...Again (2006)
- The Definition of X: The Pick of The Litter (Greatest Hits) (2007)
- The Resurrection Of Hip-Hop (2008)
- Opposite of H2O (2000)
- Hell and Back (2004)
- First Lady (1999)
- Scorpion (2001)
- Eve-Olution (2002)
- Here I Am (2007)
- Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001)
- Kiss of Death (2004)
- Kiss My Ass (2007)
- A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002)
- Time Is Money (2006)
- The Ghost Sessions (2007)
- Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman (2007)
- Walk Witt Me (2003)
- After Taxes (2005)
- The Rest Is History (2004)
Ruff Ryders
- Ryde or Die Vol. 1 (1999)
- Ryde or Die Vol. 2 (2000)
- Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In The "R" We Trust (2001)
- The Redemption Vol. 4 (2005)
- Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (2002)
- One Man Band Man (2007)
Kartoon
- 1st Driveby (2007)