Ruthless Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019
Parent company	Sony Music
Founded	1987
Founder	Eazy-E Jerry Heller
Distributing label	Relativity Records
Genre(s)	Hiphop
Country	US

This article is about Ruthless Records the Los Angeles label. For the Chicago label, see Ruthless Records (Chicago).

Ruthless Records was formed by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller in 1987. The label is credited with founding gangsta rap. They signed local up and coming hip hop stars Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and DJ Yella, and a year later Eazy-E formed the band NWA. Ruthless Records was predominatley a G-funk Record Company consisting of artists Above the Law, Penthouse Players Clique, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The D.O.C., B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta, Blood of Abraham, Steffon, Kokane, CJ Mac, Brownside, Tairrie B, Paperboy, Frost, A.L.T., Dirty Red, Slow Pain, H.W.A., Laylaw, Mister D & Sleepy Malo, Leicy Loc, Domino, Menajahtwa, Pistol and J J Fad later joined the label, late rapper Tupac Shakur was rumored to sign with Ruthless Records before he was sentenced to jail in 1995. Image File history File links Ruthless2. ... Image File history File links Ruthless2. ... ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Eazy-E (Eric Wright) (September 7, 1963 - March 26, 1995) was an African-American rapper, record producer, and record executive who initially rose to fame as a member of the group N.W.A.. Born in Compton, California, Eazy-E dropped out of Compton High School while in tenth grade... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music which involves a lyrical focus on the lifestyles of inner-city criminals. ... Dr. Dre (born André Romel Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an American record producer, rapper, and record executive, and is one of the wealthiest, most influential, most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. ... Rapper, Ice Cube. ... Yella, real name Antoine Carraby, is a DJ and music producer from Compton, California He was a member of the World Class Wreckin Cru along with Dr. Dre. ... NWA is a three-letter abbreviation for: National Weather Association, meteorological society based in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... G-funk, an abbreviation of Gangsta-funk, is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a U.S. rap group from Cleveland, Ohio known for their quick-tongued rapping style and harmonizing vocals. ... The D.O.C.s debut album, No One Can Do It Better The D.O.C. is the stage name of Tracy Lynn Curry (born June 10, 1968), an American rapper born in Houston, Texas who moved to Compton, California, to join the creative force behind the rap group... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Andre Wicker (b. ... Blood of Abraham hip hop duo composed of Benyad (Benjamin Mor) and Mazik (David Saevitz) that debuted in 1993 with the release of Future Profits on Ruthless Records, the label of the late Eric Eazy-E Wright. ... Steffon born in Newark, NJ, than later raised in Rialto, CA, not much is known about horrorcore rapper Steffon, worked on an album produced by Eazy-E called Trippin Wit No Luggage which includes the racial song Frostbit and the horrorcore / G-funk song I Cant Stand It which... Kokane (born Jerry Long) is a rapper from Pomona, California and best known for working on the classic G-funk album Funk Upon A Rhyme and his backup work with Snoop Dogg. ... CJ Mac released his debut album on Rap-A-Lot records in 1995 as Mad CJ Mac, called True Game. In 1999 CJ Mac released Platinum Game on Mack 10s Hoo Bangin records. ... 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Eazy was diagnosed with AIDS and died in 1995. After Eazy died, the label was taken over by his wife, Tomica Wright. Ruthless Records is now a division of Epic Records. The Red Ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the human immune system caused by infection with the... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tomica Wright is the widow of late rapper Eazy-E. She now owns her husbands record label, Ruthless Records. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ...

Ruthless' distributors

The label has had several distributors simultaneously. Early Ruthless releases were distributed by Malaco Records, but that deal was short lived and the rights reverted to Ruthless. All of N.W.A's releases and Eazy-E's first two solo releases on Ruthless were distributed by Priority Records, and the rights to these releases are now held by Priority's new owner, Capitol Records. Releases by The D.O.C., Michel'le, and JJ Fad were marketed through Atlantic Records or its subsidiary Atco Records. These master rights are still held by Atlantic's parent company, Warner Music Group, while Above The Law's releases were marketed through Epic Records. In the early 1990s, Ruthless found more exclusive distribution through Relativity Records, formerly a heavy metal label although Ruthless Records recorded a horrorcore / G-funk album called Trippin' With No Luggage by Steffon, and Shock Of The Hour a grim album by MC Ren which was both produced by Eric "Eazy-E" Wright. Relativity was later folded into its parent company, Sony Music. Priority Records was started in 1985 by Bryan Turner to distribute rap compilation albums. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // History The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at... Michelle (born Michelle Toussaint in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an R&B vocalist. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Atco Records was a United States based subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. ... Warner Brothers Records is a record label which was launched on March 19, 1958 by Warner Bros. ... Above the Law can refer to: Above the Law (film) Above the Law (band) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... This article is about the year. ... Relativity Records was a record label. ... MC Ren (born Lorenzo Patterson, June 14, 1969, Los Angeles (Compton), California) joined up with the groundbreaking gangsta rap group N.W.A as he finished his senior year at Dominguez High School in Compton. ... ...

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External links

• Bone Thugs Forums
• Eazy-E Timeline and Biography of Eazy-E have some information on the founding of Ruthless Records.