Digital Jukebox Records began as a British hip hop record label under the name of FJ/Fatt Jointz Recordings in the early 1990s which has been an underground source for the success of some recording artists ever since. Label head

Mark Duffus Mark Duffus, also known as Sure Shot and Blak Prophetz, is a British rapper and producer from the West Midlands in England where he formed the group Blak Prophetz in the early 1980s. History Since 1979, Duffus has been a rapper, songwriter, reco ...

had very close musical links with many prominent East Coast / New York record producers and musicians.

History

Fatt Jointz or FJ Entertainment's name was changed to Digital Jukebox later on in 2007 under a complete rebrand when BBC Publishing (under

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) became their publishing partners and the music genres of the label's artists became more diverse. The first official global song release under FJ was "With Fx" which was produced by Mark Duffus (a.k.a. Sure Shot / Blak Prophetz). Over the years, the label had worked with several notable recording artists such as Ced Gee of Ultramagnetic MCs (who featured on the Blak Prophetz album ''The 2nd Coming''), Fonda Rae, Joyce Sims,

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and

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, among others.

Documentary

In 2020, the label was involved in a new documentary about the life and career of

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'' and ''Future Topic Magazine'', due for release sometime in the near future.

2021-present

In 2021, the label expressed an interest in children’s stories and took on board a selected team voice over experts including Mark Anthony, Blak Prophetz who was the voice behind the successful children’s game by

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called Crazy Cash Machine and his daughter

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who contributes in script writing. The first recording was released on 24 December 2020 entitled 'No Competition' via

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distribution,

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and was recently reviewed by Mkuu Amani of

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who said

"The audio-story, which offers a humorous take on a classic tale about an over-confident, fast-running hare, aims to encourage more youngsters to read books and enjoy audio stories. The episode enlists Anthony’s vocal talents, the versatile artist performing all of the character voice overs, including the hare’s role, a character with a distinctly Caribbean personality."

Artists

* Blak Prophetz - artist/management * Ced Gee - remix & various productions *

- artist/management * Dee Shy - artist/management * Kim Tavares - artist/management * Fonda Rae - artist/management * Joyce Sims - remix & various productions * Dawn Penn - agent/management * Pickney Dem - artist/management *

- artist/management * Rebekah Ross - artist/management *

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- artist/management *

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- artist/management

References

External links

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Fatt Jointz Records
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