Fox Fuse is a leading digital music label for Caribbean music and is the largest label worldwide for soca and

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music. Based in

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), Fox Fuse has built a strong reputation working with superstar clients such as

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, and has some of the top performers and producers in Caribbean music exclusively-signed to its roster.

Music Label

Fox Fuse entered the music distribution business in February 2012, releasing Trinidadian soca star Farmer Nappy's album 'You Make Me...Surrender.' Fox Fuse also released Farmer Nappy's hit album "Big People Party" in February 2014. On February 17, 2015, Fox Fuse released its first executive-produced compilation titled 'Get Soca 2015,' which debuted at #3 on the Billboard's Reggae Albums chart and remained on the chart for seven consecutive weeks. 'Get Soca 2015' was also featured on the United States

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homepage, during its week of release and it went on to peak at #3 on the

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iTunes store Reggae Top Albums chart. In May 2015, Fox Fuse released 'Stand And Be Counted' by Trinidadian Gospel reggae star Positive, which debuted at #9 on Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart, a major accomplishment for Caribbean Gospel music. In July 2015,

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cited Fox Fuse as being the "world’s largest distributor of Cropover music." Fox Fuse released its second executive-produced compilation to celebrate the 2015 Cropover season, titled 'Fox Fuse Presents: Crop Over Soca 2015.' In keeping with its mission statement of providing a powerful channel for quality Caribbean music to the global audience, according to its website, Fox Fuse has over 70 exclusively-signed label partners, which includes production houses, producers and artists. In August 2015, the

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stated that Fox Fuse "is currently the world’s largest music label for contemporary soca music."

Artist management

Fox Fuse delved into the artist management business in 2012 with Jamaican dancehall artist Stein.

History

Fox Fuse was founded in 2007 by Rhona Fox. The company made a name for itself as a media-marketing agency for Caribbean music, representing acts such as

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, Richie Spice,

Kevin Lyttle Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs (born 14 September 1976) is a Vincentian soca artist, who had a worldwide hit with " Turn Me On" in 2003, recorded with the dancehall artist Spragga Benz. Career Lyttle was encouraged by his family to pursue musi ...

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, and

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. Fox Fuse has also represented concerts like Best of the Best in

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in 2009 and 2010, working with acts such as Diddy,

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. Rhona Fox served as the official spokesperson for the concert for those two years. In 2012, Fox Fuse became a partnership when former

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licensing manager,

Zack Cohen Zack Cohen (Born Zachary Cohen, June 24) is the CEO of and co-owner of Fox Fuse. Cohen oversees distribution, licensing, bookings and artist management for Fox Fuse. His partner at Fox Fuse is Rhona Fox. Cohen manages artist Stein, and has work ...

, joined the company and it evolved into a music label.

Notable people

* Rhona Fox (CEO) *

(CEO)

References

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