URBNET Records is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

based in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

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. URBNET was formed by Darryl Rodway and Janusz Jarosinski in 1999 to provide distribution, marketing and promotional services to Hip Hop artists throughout Canada. URBNET was distributed by

EMI Music Canada EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, ...

from 2002–2003, Outside Music from 2003–2006 and is distributed in Canada by

Fontana Distribution Fontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network (now owned by the Virgin Music Group unit of the Universal Music Group since 2019). A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until INgrooves acquire ...

(North), a subsidiary of

Universal Music Canada Universal Music Group owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here. According to UMG official site, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Bravado, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammopho ...

Artists

* The Carps * Dan-e-o * D-Sisive * Dirty Circus * DL Incognito * Grand Analog *

Kae Sun Kae Sun is the stage name of Kwaku Darko-Mensah Jnr, a Ghanaian-born Canadian singer-songwriter, producer and artist. Early life Kwaku was born in Accra, his parents had resettled in Ghana after being based in Germany for several years. He im ...

* Korea Town Acid * Moka Only *

Mood Ruff Mood Ruff was a Canadian hip-hop group formed in 1994 in Winnipeg. The group consisted of Odario, Spitz, Breakz, and ICQRI. Their final album ''I Do My Own Stunts'', which was released in 2005, contained their first hit, "Rocketship". History Moo ...

* Pigeon Hole *

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Sweatshop Union Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective based in Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of four politically-minded rap acts — Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole (aka "Creative Minds"), Kyprios and Innocent Bystanders. Known for their social ...

* Soviets (Jeff Spec & Chaix) * Trillionaire$ * Tru-Paz * Wordburglar * Career Crooks (Zilla Rocca & Small Professor)

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Official websiteURBNET
at Bandcamp
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t Discogs {{DEFAULTSORT:Urbnet Records Record labels established in 1999 Canadian independent record labels Canadian hip hop record labels Companies based in Toronto 1999 establishments in Ontario

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