Doggy Style Records

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FoundedJuly 6, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-07-06) (as Dogghouse Records)
FounderSnoop Dogg
StatusActive
Distributor(s)Empire Distribution
Genre
Country of originUnited States
LocationDiamond Bar, California

Doggy Style Records (formerly known as Dogghouse Records) is an American hip hop record label founded by rapper Snoop Dogg in 1995. It is named after Snoop Dogg's debut album, Doggystyle.

History

On July 6, 1995, Doggy Style Records, Inc. was registered with the California Secretary of State as business entity number C1923139.[1] After Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder charges on February 20, 1996, he and the mother of his son and their kennel of 20 pit bulls moved into a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) home in the hills of Claremont, California and by August 1996, Doggy Style Records, a subsidiary of Death Row Records, signed The Gap Band's Charlie Wilson as one of the record label's first artists.[2]

Discography

References

  1. ^ "California Secretary of State Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs". Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  2. ^ Coker, Cheo Hodari (August 12, 1996). "Trying to Get His Bite Back. Snoop Doggy Dogg has a new lease on life after his acquittal on murder charges. Still, some things will never change". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 1. Retrieved November 7, 2010.