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Gee Street Records was a hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 record label
Record label

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. Jon Baker formed the label in 1984 in a converted warehouse on Gee Street in London
London

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, following a trip to New York City
New York City

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, where he had become enamored with hip hop music and culture. The label closed when it was sold to V2 Records
V2 Records

V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 in music by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
 in 1999, after recording gross sales of US$70 million from eight million units worldwide.

Gee Street brought the likes of Jungle Brothers
Jungle Brothers

The Jungle Brothers are an American hip-hop music group that pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip-hop and also became the first hip-hop group to use a house music producer....
 & Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American Rapping, Singing, CoverGirl and actress. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nominat...
 under license to the UK to the attention of the British public, spawning top-20 hits.






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Gee Street Records was a hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
. Jon Baker formed the label in 1984 in a converted warehouse on Gee Street in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, following a trip to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, where he had become enamored with hip hop music and culture. The label closed when it was sold to V2 Records
V2 Records

V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 in music by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
 in 1999, after recording gross sales of US$70 million from eight million units worldwide.

Gee Street brought the likes of Jungle Brothers
Jungle Brothers

The Jungle Brothers are an American hip-hop music group that pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip-hop and also became the first hip-hop group to use a house music producer....
 & Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American Rapping, Singing, CoverGirl and actress. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nominat...
 under license to the UK to the attention of the British public, spawning top-20 hits. The label also developed its own domestic roster with acts such as DJ Richie Rich, Outlaw Posse
Outlaw Posse

Outlaw Posse was a British hip hop group formed by Bello B and K-Gee . They also recorded together as Outlaw and Brothers Like Outlaw, before the group finally split in 1992....
, and Stereo MC's. It also had operations in the US with acts such as New Kingdom, Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
, P.M. Dawn, and Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh

Douglas E. Davis , better known by the stage name Doug E. Fresh, is an United States rapping, record producer, and beatboxing, also known as the Human Beat Box....
.

When the business fell on hard times in 1990, Island Records
Island Records

Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group ....
 (which had already been sold to PolyGram) bought 50% of its stock and Baker relocated the headquarters to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. Baker then worked as head of Island Jamaica for North America, but continued to operate Gee Street.

Baker eventually made an arrangement with Richard Branson
Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student....
 to have Gee Street releases manufactured and distributed by V2 Records, with the Gee Street company otherwise being independent and in control of its own marketing. In November 1999, however, Baker sold Gee Street to V2, and the brand was discontinued.

See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...