G-Funk Entertainment (formerly known as G-Funk Records and later renamed G-Funk 2000: The New Millennium) is an American

vanity label Informally, a vanity label (compare vanity press) is a record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the com ...

founded by

West Coast hip hop West Coast hip-hop is a regional genre of Hip-hop, hip-hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States. West Coast hip-hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during th ...

artist

Warren G Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and DJ who helped popularize West Coast hip hop during the 1990s.Steve Huey"Warren G: Biography" ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited May 8, 2020. ...

. It was a subsidiary of

Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The l ...

, where it was dropped off and signed to

Restless Records Restless Records was started in El Segundo, California in 1986 by Enigma Records and primarily released alternative, metal and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade Records and Mute R ...

in 1998 under a new name to finally arrive to Hawino Records as ''G-Funk Entertainment'' in 2005, where

released his album ''

In the Mid-Nite Hour ''In the Mid-Nite Hour'' is the fifth studio album by Warren G, released on the label Hawino Records on October 11, 2005. His first single was "Get U Down" featuring Ice Cube, B-Real, and Snoop Dogg, and his follow up single was "I Need A Light" ...

''.

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Twinz The Twinz are a hip hop duo from Long Beach, California, consisting of twin brothers Deon and Dewayne Williams. After working with Warren G on his debut album '' Regulate...G Funk Era'', the Twinz released their only album ''Conversation'' in ...

* Da 5 Footaz *

The Dove Shack The Dove Shack was an American G-funk group from Long Beach, California. Consisting of C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops, the group made their debut with the song "This Is the Shack" on Warren G's album ''Regulate...G Funk Era''. Under the same name ...

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