Black Market Records is an American

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

based in

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founded in 1989. Its acts included

Brotha Lynch Hung Kevin Danell Mann (born January 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Brotha Lynch Hung, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Sacramento, California who has been described as "the creator of horrorcore rap." He is al ...

and

X-Raided Anerae Veshaughn Brown (born July 30, 1974), better known by his stage name X-Raided, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California, United States. In 1992, Brown was sentenced to 31 years in prison on murder charges, which Brown denied, ma ...

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History

Black Market Records was founded in 1980 by Cedric Singleton.{{cite news, url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/1999/10/04/story4.html, title=Record exec spins off into hotel biz, first=Mark, last=Anderson, date=October 3, 1999, work=Sacramento Business Journal In 1992 the label released

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rapper

's album "Psycho Active" featuring

. In 1993 the label released Brotha Lynch Hung's EP '' 24 Deep'', which rose to no. 91 on Billboard's

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated ...

chart,{{cite web, url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/297734/brotha-lynch-hung/chart, title=Brotha Lynch Hung, publisher=, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919211131/http://www.billboard.com/artist/297734/brotha-lynch-hung/chart, archive-date=2015-09-19 the label's first album to chart. Brotha Lynch Hung later released "Season of da Siccness", the label's second album to chart. X-Raided left Black Market after his contract ended in 2000.{{cite web, url=http://siccness.net/wp/x-raided-speaks-on-brotha-lynch-hung-black-markets-ced-fb-feud, title=Incarcerated Sacramento Rapper X-Raided Speaks on Brotha Lynch Hung & Black Markets Ced FB Feud, publisher=

Acts

Current *Friction *Gatorman *Hanabal *Insanity *Jacavelli 190 *

*Luchiano Brigante *Nicca Sicc *Pharoah Davinci *Young Dooby *Yung Roe *Sha Hef Former *187 *The 916 Alliance *Bandana tha Ragg *B.P.M. *

Big Lurch Antron Singleton (born September 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Big Lurch, is a convicted murderer, cannibal and former rapper. He is serving a life sentence for murdering 21-year-old roommate Tynisha Ysais and eating parts of her bo ...

*Black Dynasty *Black Rhino *

C-Bo Shawn Thomas, also known by his stage name C-Bo, is an American rapper. C-Bo, notoriously known for his relationship with law enforcement, was one of the first rappers to be jailed due to his lyrical content, a scathing critique of political off ...

*Cold World Hustlers *D-Flex *Daz Dillinger *DC Ray *Doomsday *Endangered Species *Fed-X *Foe *G-Macc *Gangsta Dre * Ganksta NIP *Habeas Corpus *

Keak da Sneak Charles Kente Williams ( né Bowens; born October 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Keak da Sneak, is an American rapper from Oakland, California, known for his scratchy, gruff voice and for coining the term '' hyphy'' in 1994. Early li ...

*Kock D ZEL *Mr. Doctor * Mozzy *Nonfiktion *P.C.O *Pizo *Sicx *Triple beam *TRU *W.B.K. Mobb *

References

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