Young Money Entertainment is an American

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founded by rapper

Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman, joining ...

. Young Money's president is Lil Wayne's lifelong friend and fellow rapper

Mack Maine Jermaine Anthony Preyan (born July 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Mack Maine, is an American record executive, songwriter, and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Mack Maine has been the president of Young Money Entertainment since 2 ...

. The label was an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by

Republic Records Republic Records is a New York City–based American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an ...

. The label has released fifteen US albums that reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart: ''

Tha Carter III ''Tha Carter III'' is the sixth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released on June 10, 2008, by Cash Money, Universal Motown & Young Money Entertainment. It follows a long string of mixtape releases and guest appearances on other hip ...

'', '' I Am Not a Human Being'', ''

Tha Carter IV ''Tha Carter IV'' is the ninth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released on August 29, 2011, through Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Republic Records. Recording sessions for the album began in late 2008, sh ...

'', ''

Tha Carter V ''Tha Carter V'' is the twelfth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne. It was released on September 28, 2018, by Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records. The album's features include Swizz Beatz, Kendrick Lamar, Sosamann, Lil Wayne' ...

'', and ''

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'' by Lil Wayne, '' Thank Me Later'', '' Take Care'', '' Nothing Was the Same'', '' If You're Reading This It's Too Late'', '' What a Time to Be Alive'' (along with

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artist

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), '' Views'', '' More Life'', and ''

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'' by

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, and '' Pink Friday'' and '' Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'' by

Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian-born rapper based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accents ...

. Current artists include Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj,

, Lil Twist, and Cory Gunz, among others. The label has released three compilation albums — '' We Are Young Money'' (2009), ''

Rich Gang Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Birdman" Williams. Distributed by Republic, formerly known as Universal Republic, the label has been home to a roster of mostly hip ...

'' (2013; with Cash Money Records), and '' Young Money: Rise of an Empire'' (2014).

History

The label was formed in 2005. In 2007, In an interview with '' Vibe'' magazine, Lil Wayne detailed he stepped down as President of the label, and had given the position to Cortez Bryant. As of 2009,

is serving as president.Fleischer, Adam
Mack Maine: Mainstreamin'
, '' XXL''. Published January 16, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009. Canadian rapper

signed a joint venture between Cash Money Records and Young Money. President Mack Maine confirmed that Omarion was no longer on the label after many rumours were circulating the internet. To promote the label's first collaboration album, '' We Are Young Money'', Young Money artists embarked on the Young Money Tour. The collaborative album was released on December 21, 2009, and debuted at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 142,000 copies in its first-week sales. The album was certified gold by the

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(RIAA) for selling over a shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. ''We Are Young Money'' featured the highly successful single "

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", which debuted at thirty six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending December 12, 2009. On the week ending March 13, 2010, the song reached a peak of two, making it the most successful single by the group on the chart. "BedRock" debuted in the

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on February 6, 2010, at forty. On March 6, 2010, the single climbed to twenty two, and the subsequent week the single climbed to eighteen, marking Young Money's first Top 20 hit in the UK. Peaking at number nine on April 3, 2010, making it Young Money's first Top 10 hit in the UK. The label had three of the top 10 highest 2010 hip hop album sales with Drake's '' Thank Me Later'', and Lil Wayne's '' Rebirth'' and '' I Am Not a Human Being''. On March 6, 2010, Lil Wayne confirmed that rapper Cory Gunz was the latest artist to sign. In 2011, Konvict Muzik artist T-Pain signed to the Young Money roster after he and Akon agreed to part ways after his last Konvict release ''

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''. Later that year, T-Pain revealed that he was close to signing a deal with Young Money, but it never concluded. In November 2011, Lil Wayne introduced 14-year-old singer Torion Sellers to Young Money. On February 15, 2013, Mack Maine announced group We the Future and Lil Wayne's 14-year-old daughter Reginae Carter had signed to Young Money. In the same year, Young Money released Lil Wayne's ''

I Am Not a Human Being II ''I Am Not a Human Being II'' is the tenth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne. It was released on March 26, 2013, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records.Recording sessions took place during 2006 to 2012, with ...

'', Tyga's ''

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'' and Drake's '' Nothing Was the Same'' on March 26, April 7, and September 24, respectively. In December 2012 Mack Maine announced a second Young Money album would be released. In February 2013, label co-owner Birdman released a compilation mixtape with Cash Money and Young Money titled ''Rich Gang: All Stars''. Shortly after, Birdman announced compilation album ''

'' and its schedule for release to be on May 21, 2013. He added ''Rich Gang'' would feature members of Cash Money, Young Money and various Young Money collaborators. The first single from the project, "Tapout", was released on March 12, 2013, and featured Lil Wayne,

, and Nicki Minaj and produced by 808 Mafia's Southside and TM88. The album would then be pushed back to July 23, 2013. On January 22, 2014, it was revealed that Young Money would be releasing their own compilation album on March 11, 2014, titled '' Young Money: Rise of an Empire''. That same day, the first single "

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" featuring Lil Wayne, Birdman and Euro was released. Drake's '' Nothing Was the Same'' leftover "

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" would also be included on the album. The album's second single, "

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", was released February 14, 2014. It is by Tyga, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne and was produced by David D.A. Doman. "Trophies" and Minaj's " Lookin Ass" were met with more chart success than the first two singles. After years of tensions with Birdman and

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over unpaid advances and rights to his catalogue, Lil Wayne filed for lawsuit in 2015 initially for $51 million. In 2018, Lil Wayne and Universal settled, which detailed Lil Wayne would be compensated over $10 million from previously failed payments, and Young Money's ownership would be transferred from Cash Money to Universal directly. Additionally, Birdman's 49 percent ownership in Young Money would be transferred to Wayne, which took effect on September 13, 2018. In June 2020, Lil Wayne, through the Young Money name, sold his master recordings in a settlement from

to its overhead company,

for $100 million. It was confirmed later in December when, arising out of recent court filings from Lil Wayne's lawsuit with his former manager Ronald Sweeney, that the settlement not only included his masters, but also the entire Young Money Entertainment catalog, including Nicki Minaj, Drake, Tyga, among other artists in their roster. As of December 2020, UMG reportedly owns all of Drake's pre-2018 album catalogue that has been released with the Young Money record label.

Notable artists

Current acts

*Baby E *

Christina Milian Christine Marie Flores (born September 26, 1981), better known as Christina Milian (), is an American actress and singer. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but raised in Maryland, she signed a contract with Murder Inc. Records at the age of 19 ...

* Cory Gunz *

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* Gudda Gudda *Hoodybaby * Jay Jones * Lil Twist *

*Reginae Carter *

Shanell Shanell Lynn Woodgett (born November 15, 1980) known simply as Shanell or SnL, is an American singer and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. She is signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, which was formerly an imprint of Birdman's Repu ...

* T-Streets *Vice Versa

Former acts

* Austin Mahone * Boo *

Chanel West Coast Chelsea Chanel Dudley (born September 1, 1988), better known by her stage name Chanel West Coast, is an American television personality, rapper, and singer. She came to prominence for her roles in MTV's ''Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory'' and '' R ...

* Currensy *

DJ Khaled Khaled Mohammed Khaled (born November 26, 1975), known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ, record executive, record producer and rapper. Khaled first gained recognition as a radio host in the 1990s on the radio station 99 Jamz, a ...

* Glasses Malone *

Jae Millz Jarvis Mills (born September 11, 1983), better known by his stage name Jae Millz, is an American rapper from Harlem, New York, who was signed to T.I.'s record label Grand Hustle Records and Atlantic Records. His debut major label studio album, ...

* Jay Sean * Kevin Rudolf * Kidd Kidd *

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* Omarion * PJ Morton * Tyga

In-house producers

* Detail * The Olympicks

Discography

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

Singles

Other charted songs

Full discography

References

External links

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