Young Money Entertainment | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter, Jr. |
Distributor(s) | Republic Records |
Genre | Hip hop |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Official website | youngmoney |
Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. Young Money's president is Lil Wayne's lifelong friend Mack Maine. The label is an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Republic Records.
The label has released eleven US No. 1 albums: Tha Carter III, I Am Not a Human Being, and Tha Carter IV by Lil Wayne, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Nothing Was the Same, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, What a Time to Be Alive (along with Epic Records artist Future) and Views by Drake, and Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by Nicki Minaj. Current artists include Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, Jae Millz and Cory Gunz among others. The label has released three compilation albums, We Are Young Money (2009), Rich Gang (2013; with Cash Money Records) and Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014).