Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by the brothers: Bryan “Baby” Williams aka Birdman and Ronald Williams aka Slim. The distributing label of Cash Money is Universal. Baby and Slim have both been featured on “CNBC’s Newbos: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass”, which is a documentary show on TV profiling several black multi-millionaires.
All of the artists signed to Lil Wayne’s label, Young Money Entertainment, are also signed to Cash Money Records and you can view all the other artists signed to CMR below including some notes on them. Baby and Slim are also in the works of setting up a Cash Money Records UK label where they will sign artists from the United Kingdom, and it looks like Sabrina Washington will be the first music artist to sign to CMRUK.
Information on the Cash Money Artists:
Birdman
Real name: Bryan Williams
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Bryan Williams, better known by his stage name Birdman (or his nickname Baby), is the co-founder of Cash Money Records. Baby is also a rapper and record executive for the artists who are signed to his label. He was a part of the Hip Hop group Big Tymers with Mannie Fresh too.
Ashley Ring
Real name: Ashley Ring
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Notes: Ashley Ring is a female pop artist from Cincinnati, Ohio in the US. Ashley’s first debut single has already been released featuring her CMB label-mate, Lil Wayne, called “Moving Target”.
Bow Wow
Real name: Shad Gregory Moss
Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Notes: Shad Gregory Moss, better known by his stage name Bow Wow, is a rapper and actor from Ohio. Like Lil Wayne, Bow Weezy started in the rap game at a young age, and released his debut album at the age of 13. Bow Wow is currently working on his Cash Money debut album, Underrated.
Brisco
Real name: British Alexander Mitchell
Place of birth: Opa-Locka, Florida, United States
Notes: British Alexander Mitchell, better known by his stage name Brisco, is a rapper from Opa-Locka. Brisco is also signed to another label called Poe Boy Entertainment and has worked on plenty of records with Lil Wayne and Flo Rida. His debut album, Street Medicine, is set to drop later this year.
Busta Rhymes
Real name: Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.
Place of birth: Opa-Locka, Florida, United States
Notes: Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr, better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is a rapper and actor from New York. Busta is the latest artist to sign to the CMB team and is already working on putting out his album on the label. He also owns his own label, Conglomerate Records.
Chris Richardson
Real name: Christopher Michael Richardson
Place of birth: Soignies, Hainaut, Belgium
Notes: Christopher Michael Richardson, is a singer and songwriter born in Belgium who currently lives in Virginia in the United States. Chris is currently working on his debut album, and he is mostly known for appearing on American Idol or on Tyga’s “Far Away” single.
DJ Khaled
Real name: Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled, better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is a record producer, radio personality, DJ, and record label executive from the N.O. Khaled is currently living in Miami, Florida, and has released 5 studio albums in his career.
Glasses Malone
Real name: Charles Penniman
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Notes: Charles Penniman, better known by his stage name Glasses Malone, signed to Cash Money Records in 2007. Glasses has his own label called Blu Division which is an imprint of CMR. His debut album, Beach Cruiser, is set to drop later this year.
Jay Sean
Real name: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti
Place of birth: Brent, London, England
Notes: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti, better known by his stage name Jay Sean, is a singer and songwriter from England. He announced that he signed to Cash Money Records during the MOBO awards in 2008, and he has already had a #1 record on the label with Lil Wayne titled “Down”.
Kevin Rudolf
Real name:Kevin Rudolf
Place of birth: Miami, Florida, United States
Notes: Kevin Rudolf is a singer, songwriter, and record producer from Miami, Florida. Kevin grew up in New York and originally found success for his hit single with Lil Wayne called “Let It Rock”. He has released two albums on CMR called: In The City and To the Sky.
Lil Wayne
Real name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, joined Cash Money Records when he was a young teenager. Weezy is the founder of Young Money Entertainment and has won four Grammy awards in his career.
Mystikal
Real name: Michael Lawrence Tyler
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Michael Lawrence Tyler, better known by his stage name Mystikal, is a rapper from the N.O who was born in 1970. In the early 90′s, Mystikal and Lil Wayne had beef, but they have ended that now and have already worked on a song together titled “Papercuts”.
T Lopez
Real name: Christina T Lopez
Place of birth: Ontario, California, United States
Notes: Christina T Lopez, better known by her stage name T Lopez, is an actress and singer from California. T Lopez has already worked with Lil Wayne and Birdman for her upcoming album, and became known for her hit single titled “Macarena”.
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