American entertainment company
Roc Nation, LLC
Company type
Private Industry
Entertainment Founded April 1, 2008; 16 years ago (April 1, 2008 ) Founder
Jay-Z Headquarters Area served
Worldwide Key people
[1] Owner
Shawn Carter
Divisions Team Roc Equity Latin Roc Nation Unified Roc Nation United Roc Nation TV&Films
Roc Nation Sports Roc Nation Sports International Roc Nation Management, LLC Roc Nation Records, LLC Roc Nation Publishing, LLC Paper planes Roc Lit 101
Three Six Zero S10 Entertainment & Media Equity Distribution Arrive ESM Productions, LLC Édition Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment Roc Nation High School Monogram Roc Nation Rock
Made In America Festival Website
www .rocnation .com
Roc Nation is an American
entertainment company founded by
Jay-Z in 2008. Headquartered in
New York City , with additional offices in
Los Angeles and
London . It serves as a record label,
talent agent , media production firm, a clothing line, a school and
philanthropic programs.
History
In 2008, Roc Nation was founded by Jay-Z with the intent of signing pop and hip hop artists, succeeding his previous label,
Roc-A-Fella Records . Unlike Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z served as the company's sole proprietor. In February 2009, Roc Nation signed its first artist, rapper
J. Cole .
In April 2013, Roc Nation supporting ally and close family member to its founder Jay-Z , A.G. Fahrenheit assisted Roc Nation in forming a new sports management division,
Roc Nation Sports , a
subsidiary dedicated to sports representation for professional athletes.
[2] Shortly thereafter, Roc Nation Sports also launched a boxing promotion division.
[3] After the
Sony Music deal expired, in April 2013, Roc Nation signed a multi-year partnership with
Universal Music .
[4]
In February 2015, Roc Nation And
Three Six Zero Group announced the formation of Three Six Zero Entertainment, a management division for representing clients in film, television, and the literary arts.
[5]
In 2016, Roc Nation supported Arliss Network for a short time. It is a service that does similar things, and later released the app, www.arlissnetwork.net.[
citation needed ]
In July 2017, Roc Nation collaborated with art collective MSFTSrep.[
citation needed ]
In August 2019, Roc Nation announced a long-term partnership with the
National Football League . The company will be the live-music entertainment strategist for the league, as well as augment social justice efforts through the Inspire Change initiative.
[6]
In 2020, Roc Nation partnered with
Long Island University in
Brooklyn to begin a program called the Roc Nation School for Music, Sports, and Entertainment.
[7]
[8]
In 2021, Roc Nation teamed up with
American Greetings to create custom greeting cards.
[9] Roc Nation also announced plans to launch a new brand and multimedia platform named EDITION in partnership with Modern Luxury Media.
[10]
Notable artists
Management
Former artists
Publishing
Arrive
Roc Nation also operates an in-house
venture capital arm called Arrive, which is led by Neil Sirni, the group's co-founder and president.
[62] As of May 2021, the company had reportedly made 29 investments in
fintech , insurtech, edtech, health and wellness, social media, and gaming.
[62]
Equity Distribution
In 2018, Roc Nation launched an independent label named Equity Distribution. The first artist to release a project under the independent label was Jay-Z's mentor,
Jaz-O .
[63] In 2019, Equity also acquired the rights to Jay-Z's 1996 debut
Reasonable Doubt for release on digital and streaming platforms.
[64]
See also
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Rap-Up . Retrieved 30 June 2018 .
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"i have something to tell you + please dont hate me for it!" .
YouTube . 16 January 2020.
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"Grimes" . rocnation.com . Retrieved 13 June 2018 .
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"Jarren Benton" . rocnation.com . Archived from
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"Romans" . rocnation.com . Archived from
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