Dead Game Records
| Dead Game Records | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Parent company | Dead Game |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Travis Johnson, Tommy Jones |
| Genre | Hip hop, R&B, Down South, Gangsta |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Official website | You Know the Name |
Dead Game is a record label located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana founded by Tommy Jones and Travis "The Voice" Johnson. The label was founded in 2002 when Jones noticed an opening and lapse in marketing by other local and regional labels. The label has included such artist as Kevin Gates and Max Minelli
The labels Co-Founder Johnson would be a Middle School classmate with the most promising future Artist Kevin Gates at Kenilworth Middle School in Baton Rouge. Johnson noticed that the young and steadily improving Gates was naturally a lyricist and encouraged him to take rapping and his skills more seriously. In 2005 Gates officially signed to Dead Game Records as the labels main artist over half a decade. With proper Financial Support and strategic marketing direction Gates would flourish. Releasing 6 regionally acclaimed mixtape including features with nationally allcaimed Rapper Boosie Bad Azz who was from the same neighborhood as founders Johnson and Jones
In the absence of Gates for 2 years Dead Game would partner with former koch Entertainment artist Max Minelli to Release albums The Heart of a King and The Leak. In 2011 Gates upon his release from an incarceration resumed his career with a new inspired style and an intense effort to release a multitude of projects in a short period of time. This would garner the notice of Artist Publishing Group APG who would enter into a Joint Venture Partnership with Dead Game allowing Gates to be distributed by Atlantic Records.
With Kevin Gates day to day departure to future management full focus turned to up and coming artist lil one the Champ Racked up Ready in 2013 and label executive Travis The Voice in 2016.
...
Wikipedia