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Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a record label founded by brothers Darrin "Dee" Dean and Joaquin "Waah" Dean, uncles of producer Swizz Beatz.[1] 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. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Fontana Distribution.

Ruff Ryders' founders were initially famous for managing rappers DMX, Mase and The Lox who became multi-platinum stars for Def Jam Recordings and Bad Boy Entertainment 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 2001 Cassidy was signed to the label through Swizz Beatz along with Full Surface labelmate Yung Wun.

As the first Reunion Project since their 2005 Album The Redemption, Vol. 4 Jadakiss and Swizz Beatz invited Drag-On, Eve, Styles P, Sheek Louch and DMX, who had just been released from jail, for the Remix of "Who's Real". A Ruff Ryders Reunion Album was announced by Swizz Beatz and was originally set to release in 2008 but it got pushed back. The new Ruff Ryders Album titled "Ruff Ryders Evolution: Generation I" was scheduled to be released in late 2010.[2]
[edit] Artists

* Wolfgang (Ruff Ryders)
* The LOX (Ruff Ryders/D-Block)
o Jadakiss (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Def Jam)
o Styles P (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/E1)
o Sheek Louch (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Def Jam)
* DMX (Ruff Ryders/Bloodline/EMI)
* Drag-On (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/Hood Environment)
* Grizz Roc (Ruff Ryders)
* Flashy (Ruff Ryders/Hard Work)
* Swizz Beatz (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/Atlantic)
* Eve (Ruff Ryders/Full Surface/EMI)
* Kartoon (Ruff Ryders)
* Murda Mook (Ruff Ryders)

[edit] Ruff Ryders Group

* DMX
* Drag-On
* Eve
* The LOX
* Swizz Beatz

[edit] Producers

* Swizz Beatz
* P.K. a.k.a. P. Killer Trackz
* Mahogany Music
* Neo Da Matrix
* Elite
* Divine Bars
* DJ Shok
* Black Key
* Tuneheadz
* Dame Grease
* Jay "Icepick" Jackson

[edit] Labels founded by Ruff Ryder artists

* D-Block Records Founded By Jadakiss, Styles P & Sheek Louch
* Bloodline Records Founded By DMX
* Full Surface Founded By Swizz Beatz
* Hood Environment Entertainment Founded By Drag-On

[edit] Releases

DMX

* 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)
* Walk with Me Now TBA
* You'll Fly with Me Later TBA

Drag-On

* Opposite of H2O (2000)
* Hell and Back (2004)

Eve

* First Lady (1999)
* Scorpion (2001)
* Eve-Olution (2002)
* Lip Lcok TBA

Jadakiss

* Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001)
* Kiss of Death (2004)
* The Last Kiss (2009)

Styles P

* A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002)
* Time Is Money (2006)
* Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman (2007)

Sheek Louch

* Walk witt Me (2003)
* After Taxes (2005)
* Silverback Gorilla (2008)

The LOX

* Money, Power & Respect (1998)
* We Are the Streets (2000)
* New L.O.X. Order TBA

Jin

* The Rest Is History (2004)

Ruff Ryders[3]

* 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)
* Ruff Ryders Evolution: Generation I TBA

Swizz Beatz

* Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (2002)
* One Man Band Man (2007)
* Haute Living (2011)

Cassidy

* Split Personality (2004)
* I'm a Hustla (2005)
* B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story (2007)

Yung Wun

* The Dirtiest Thirstiest (2004)

 



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