The Black Wall Street Records was a

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founded by Jayceon "Game" Taylor and George "Big Fase 100" Taylor III.

History

The name " The Black Wall Street" is adopted from what was the racially segregated Greenwood neighborhood of

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. During the oil boom of the

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, Greenwood was home to several successful and prominent African-American entrepreneurs. Before

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dropped a series of mixtapes on his own label, The Black Wall Street. After leaving

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, Game hoped to push The Black Wall Street to the mainstream to compete with his former label and labelmates. Big Fase 100 eventually left the label officially after internal problems with Game. Though the company hasn't released an official retail album, it has released several mixtapes including the "Black Wall Street Journal" and "BWS Radio" series. Former artists who have been on the label include: Eastwood, Techniec, Cyssero,

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, and

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Artists

As confirmed by wearebws.com.

DJs & producers

*Ervin 'EP' Pope – Los Angeles producer EP Pope signed a production deal to Black Wall Street in 2008. He has produced tracks on

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, Game's third album

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and

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and various other production credits on albums such as Diddy's Press Play and

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– The Black Wall Street's DJ, Skee has worked on every mixtape for Black Wall Street since ''You Know What It Is Vol. 3'' came out. He has hosted the Envy Expo at the

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and done mixtapes for outside artists too, such as Omar Cruz,

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and small upcoming artists. DJ Skee has a radio show on

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with DJ Reflex. *'
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References

External links

The GameWe Are BWSThisizgame.com
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