Cash Money Records is an American hip hop record label founded in 1991 by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams in New Orleans, Louisiana.
For the first few years, Cash Money played host to a number of local releases by artists, selling hundreds of thousands of albums without ever releasing a music video or having a Billboard hit. Cash Money's big break came in 1997 when the label's most popular artists, the Hot Boys, B.G. ...
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Cash Money Records is an American hip hop record label founded in 1991 by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams in New Orleans, Louisiana.
For the first few years, Cash Money played host to a number of local releases by artists, selling hundreds of thousands of albums without ever releasing a music video or having a Billboard hit. Cash Money's big break came in 1997 when the label's most popular artists, the Hot Boys, B.G. and Juvenile in particular, caught the attention of Universal Records executives. Juvenile's Cash Money release Solja Rags sold 200,000 copies independently. In 1998, Cash Money signed a $30 million pressing and distribution contract with Universal, entitling the label to 85% of its royalties, 50% of its publishing revenues and ownership of all masters. However, B.G. and Juvenile later left the label in 2002, claiming financial mismanagement.
Between 2001 and 2003, the label sold 7 million albums. The song "Still Fly" by the Big Tymers was...
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