Kold Sweat Records was a British

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

specializing in hip hop music, based in Askew Road,

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. The label was founded in 1990 by Tony Powell, who was the Managing Director, CEO at

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between 1987 and 1992. Upon leaving MCA, Powell created Kold Sweat which was considered as a small project specific to the hip hop genre. He later employed

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who was brother to the late

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. The label had originally been created as an alternative to directly address the growing and popular trend of the emerging new and unsigned

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acts throughout the UK. Artists who recorded for Kold Sweat Records included: *

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*F9's *SL Troopers *Korperayshun *Prime Rhyme Masters *

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*Unanimous Decision *Son of Noise *Katch 22 *The D.F.C. The label closed in 1994 when Tony Powell became Director/CEO of

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