Rascal Video was founded after famed porn star/director Doug Jeffries introduced Channel 1 Releasing studio owners Rob Novinger and Steven Walker to AVN Hall of Fame director Chi Chi LaRue

Chi Chi LaRue

Larry David Paciotti is an American film director of gay, bisexual and straight pornography. He is best known in his drag persona as Chi Chi LaRue and has also directed under the names Lawrence David and Taylor Hudson.- Career :...

in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1999. Soon after, LaRue joined Channel 1 Releasing and formed her own gay adult film label, Rascal Video.

The first feature to be released from Rascal was “Steele Ranger,” starring the label’s first exclusive gay XXX performer, Kyle Kennedy. Later that year, Kyle Kennedy went on to win Best Newcomer of the Year at the prestigious GayVN Awards.

Rascal is known for discovering some of the most popular porn performers of the genre: Johnny Hazzard

Johnny Hazzard

Johnny Hazzard is an American pornographic actor, model, and recording artist who performs in gay and bisexual pornographic films for a number of studios, mainly Rascal Video. Most of these videos are directed by Chi Chi LaRue...

, Eddie Stone

Eddie Stone

Eddie Stone is a Canadian gay pornographic actor from Montreal, Quebec. Stone was discovered while go-go dancing in a nightclub in Los Angeles, California. In 2003, after appearing on Chi Chi LaRue's internet sex site Live And Raw, Eddie signed an exclusive contract with her studio, Rascal Video...

, Dylan Pierce, Luca DiCorso, Eddie Diaz, Robbie Angel, Jimmy Durano, Matt Summers, Theo Blake, Claudio Martin, Josh Vaughn, Cameron Marshall and more.

In the past decade, the label has also signed exclusives Blake Riley, Jeremy Bilding, Mitchell Rock, Brent Everett

Brent Everett

Brent Everett is a Canadian gay pornographic actor and director. Since 2003, he has appeared in over 14 pornographic films for a variety of studios in the United States.-Biography:...

, Benjamin Bradley

Benjamin Bradley

Benjamin Bradley was born a slave in Maryland, around 1830. At that time, it was against the law to teach a slave how to read or write. Bradley was able to learn anyway, from his master's children. Bradley was also good at mathematics and showed a natural talent for making things.When Bradley...

 and Vance Winter.

Rascal Video is the label under Channel 1 Releasing that has produced the most high-end big budget movies, such as “BOLT,” “Wrong Side of the Tracks” and “Taken: To the Lowest Level.”

In 2010, Chi Chi LaRue tapped reality television star Steven Daigle of “Big Brother" (Season 10) to star in his first X-rated feature, “Steven Daigle: XXXPosed” for Rascal Video.