Antonio "L.A." Reid is the co-founder of LaFace Records. He and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds was responsible for helping bring TLC, Usher, Ciara, and Pink to multi-platinum album sells. He was once appointed president of Arista Records from 1999 to late 2001. He soon was appointed as president of Def Jam. As president of Island Def Jam, Reid is responsible for bringing R&B group 112, and Mariah Carey to Def Jam. He is also responsible for appointing rapper Jay-Z as president of Def Jam and Def Soul Records. LaFace Records was originally a joint venture between producers Antonio LA Reid and Kenneth Babyface Edmonds and Arista Records. ... This article is about the R&B record producer/musician. ... TLC, as pictured on the cover of their third album, FanMail. ... Usher on the cover of his album Confessions Usher Raymond (born October 14, 1979) has been a popular R&B/pop musician since the early 1990s. ... Ciara (Ciara Harris, born October 25, 1985 in Austin, Texas) is an American rhythm and blues singer best known for her 2004 US #1 single Goodies. ... M!ssundaztood album cover (2001) Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!nk (also written as Pink), is an American singer who gained prominence in early January of 2000. ... Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ... Def Jam is a hip-hop record label founded in 1984 by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons with artists like LL Cool J, Run DMC and The Beastie Boys. ... 112 (pronounced One-TWELVE) is an American R&B quartet freom Atlanta, Georgia, made up of members Slim, Mike, Q, and Daron. ... Mariah Carey on the cover of her album Butterfly Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York) is an American popular music singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress, who rose to prominence in the 1990s. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...