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. It was founded in June 2010 by American rapper and entrepreneur Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and English rapper and entrepreneur Kwasi "Tinchy Stryder" Danquah III of the company, Takeover Entertainment Limited. The partnership was dissolved in 2013 with the shutdown of Takeover Entertainment.

History

In June 2010, Carter and Roc Nation signed a

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deal with Danquah's company, Takeover Entertainment Limited, to create a European record label and entertainment company. The independent record label was named Takeover Roc Nation. It handled

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, merchandise, records and live bookings for its

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s. The company published music through Takeover/Cloud 9, distributed record releases through

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and partnered with

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, StarRoc/

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and Three Six Zero Group for all other aspects of the business. Takeover Roc Nation was headquartered at Danquah's Takeover Entertainment recording studio, in

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and

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, UK with satellite offices at Carter's recording studio in

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, and Roc the Mic, in Manhattan, New York City, United States. In 2013, the joint venture dissolved as so Takeover Entertainment.

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