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=//Cash Money // = There’s a moment in every major mogul’s career when they can look back at their myriad accomplishments and point to one piece of advice they received that had the most impact. For brothers Ronald & Bryan Williams, founders of the influential urban music label Cash Money Records, the wisest words came from their father. “He always told us to be about your own business,” Ronald explains. “And be your own boss so you can use your skills and be creative.”

Taking that wisdom to heart, the brothers transformed a small, independent record company that started out selling New Orleans bounce music from their car trunks and at local mom-and-pop stores into what is now considered one of hip-hop music’s biggest success stories. For the last two decades, Cash Money Records has more than lived up to its name and is now worth more than $400 million. Since its emergence in the early ’90s, the label has sold over 45 million albums, singles & ringtones worldwide, and introduced the world to a slew of remarkable talent. Artists such as Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G., Turk, Big Tymers, Mannie Fresh, Hot Boys and Baby/Birdman (two of Bryan’s stage nam es) have combined for dozens of multi-platinum and gold albums, becoming a dominant force in popular music along the way. Lil Wayne, the label’s biggest star, has become a true superstar due in large part to an amazing creative run. Since 2007, he has appeared on an avalanche of stellar mixtapes and collaborated on songs with artists such as Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, Jay-Z, Kanye West, among others. His best-selling 2008 album Tha Carter III, which debuted at #1 and sold 1 million albums its first week, and is now at 2.4 million is regarded as the biggest album in Cash Money history. Wayne has become such a bankable solo artist that he’s ventured out to bring on other talent to his own label Young Money Entertainment, which is a joint venture under the Cash Money umbrella.

=//Young Money// = 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 Universal Republic Records. Current artists include Lil Wayne, Drake, T-Pain, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Mack Maine, Jae Milz, Cory Gunz, Lil Twist, Gudda Gudda, Lil Chuckee, Short Dawg, T-Streets, and Shanell aka SnL. The label has released six #1 albums: Tha Carter III, Tha Carter IV and I Am Not a Human Being by Lil Wayne, Thank me later, and Take Care by Drake, and Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj. media type="custom" key="12350910"

Reference: http://www.cashmoney-records.com /http://weareyoungmoney.com/

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