Luke Records is an American record label formed in 1985 by Luther Campbell, the former producer and hypeman of

2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew is an American hip hop music, hip hop group from Miami, Florida, which had its greatest commercial success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The group's most well-known line up was composed of Luther Campbell, Luke Campbell, Fr ...

,David Chackler interview
on dailygrindhouse.com and David Chackler, and based in Miami, Florida. It was one of the first recording labels devoted almost exclusively to

Southern hip-hop Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memph ...

. The label was originally called Luke Skyywalker Records; however, because it was not found to be of fair use, Campbell shortened his pseudonym to Luke (a result of

George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...

' successful lawsuit over Campbell appropriating the

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name). From 1990 to 1993, the label was distributed by

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...

. The label's catalogue is owned by Lil' Joe Records. Luther Campbell by David Cabrera

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* {{Authority control American record labels Vanity record labels Record labels established in 1985 Hip hop record labels Atlantic Records American companies established in 1985