Universal Music Group’s distribution, marketing, and sales group Fontana has partnered with of Hip Hop’s well-recognized southern record labels, Trill Entertainment. Fontana’s president, Ron Spaulding, teamed up with Trill’s Co-CEOs, Marcus Roach and Melvin Vernell for the completion of the deal.
“I have had the pleasure of working with Melvin and Marcus for a long time,” said Spaulding. “And we are all thrilled to have them now part of the Fontana family. We’re looking forward to helping them build a national powerhouse in Trill Entertainment.”
Created in Louisiana by the late Pimp C of UGK, Trill Entertainment is now housed in Atlanta and is home to artists including Lil Boosie and Webbie. The label also released a film under Trill Films, titled Ghetto Story, which featured Mike Epps, Hoops, Bun B, and Paul Wall.
Currently, the label is gearing up for album releases from Webbie this year, and Lil Boosie in early 2012.
It’s really a shame that racist law enforcement official and politicians in Louisiana are forcing these black owned labels to move out of state. First No Limit had to go to Beverly Hills, then Cash Money to Miami and now Trill to Atlanta.
I hear you my brother. But there is a lesson here that we need to learn. We need to empower ourselves so we are respected and our people are elevated.
Not necessarily referencing the labels/people you mentioned, but you have these rappers or rap labels and as successful they might be, they still running around acting the fool or like criminals. I bring this up because if there is an established company in a locale and they contribute economically, i.e they employ people, pay taxes etc and they look to move, sometimes the city will work with them to keep them, give them money, tax breaks etc. With our rap labels, I’m sure they’re like if y’all need to rent Uhaul trucks, we’ll pay for them for you.
No one is going to give us what we want. We have to get ourselves there. Jews were and are still discriminated against, but because they’ve organized themselves into an economically viable segment of the population that goes out and vote and most of them vote them same way, politicians know better. Its up to us people.
on point
TRILL ISN’T EVEN GIVING PMONEY TO HELP BOOSIE’S CASE!!!
THEY ARE JUST USING HIM AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL TO SAVE THEIR WACK ASS LABEL.
BOOSIE’S MOM NOR DOES HIS CASE SEE A DIME FROM THOSE RECORD SALES.
TRILL ISN’T EVEN GIVING MONEY TO HELP BOOSIE’S CASE!!!
THEY ARE JUST USING HIM AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL TO SAVE THEIR WACK ASS LABEL.
BOOSIE’S MOM NOR DOES HIS CASE SEE A DIME FROM THOSE RECORD SALES.
THE USEING BOOSIE NAME BUT THE PUSHING LIL PHAT BAT ROUGE DONT EVEN RESPECT THIS LABLE NOMORE…………
who cares
Recoup.
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