Ruff Ryders
Ruff Ryders Entertainment is an American hip-hop record label and management company founded by siblings and record executives Joaquin "Waah", Darrin "Dee" and Chivon Dean in 1988. It operated as a subsidiary of Universal, and distributed by Interscope Records, with Def Jam Recordings serving as the distributor for DMX albums. The label went on to launch the careers of several successful artists such as their flagship artist DMX, Eve, The LOX (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P), Drag-On, MC Jin, producers Dame Grease and the Deans' nephew, Swizz Beatz among others. The Ruff Ryders namesake also referred to a loose-knit hip-hop collective composed of the core signees of the label. Ruff Ryders and its main studio Powerhouse Studios are headquartered at 33 South Broadway in Yonkers, New York.
Genre: southern-hip-hop, gangster-rap, hip-pop, dirty-south-rap, hardcore-hip-hop
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Top Tracks
- Fright Night
- We In Here (Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap Feat. The Ruff Ryders [DMX, Eve, The Lox, Swizz Beatz and Drag-On]
- Got It All
- Some X S***
- Pina Colada-Ruff Ryders featuring Big Pun and Sheik (feat. Big Pun & Sheik)
- Do That S***
- Buff Ryders (Skit)
- Platinum Plus
- The Hood
- Kiss Of Death
- Bugout
- I'm A Ruff Ryder
- Dope Money
- Takin' Money (Skit)
- Jigga My Nigga
- What Ya Want
- Down Bottom
- Ryde Or Die
- It's Going Down
- The Great
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