Poe Boy Entertainment
Poe Boy Entertainment | |
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Parent company | Warner Music Group |
Founded | 1999 |
Founder | E-Class |
Distributor(s) | Atlantic Records Group (In the US) WEA International Inc. (Outside the US) |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Miami, Florida |
Official website | PoeBoyMusicGroup.com |
Poe Boy Music Group (formerly Poe Boy Entertainment) is an American record label, founded in 1999 by Elric "E-Class" Prince, the label's founder and CEO. President of Poe Boy Music Group Elvin "Big Chuck" Prince, CEO of Hiram Music Group & CEO of 24hourhiphop.com. That same year the label signed local Miami rappers, Cognito, The P.O.D, Brisco and R&B singer Rodney "The Gingerbread Man" who set the label in motion. Poe Boy Music Group signed acts such as Flo Rida, J Rand, Kulture Shock, Billy Blue, Jacki-O, Brisco, Rick Ross, and Brianna Perry.
The label has a close affiliation with fellow Miami based label Slip-n-Slide Records.
Artists
[edit]Current roster
[edit]- Flo Rida (Poe Boy/IMG/Strongarm/Atlantic)
- J Rand (Formerly knowns as J Randall) (Poe Boy/Geffen)
- Brisco (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
- Rodney Kohn (IMG/Strongarm)
- Brianna Perry (Poe Boy/Atlantic Records)
- Billy Blue (Poe Boy/Konvict/Mosley/Interscope)
- Kulture Shock (consisting of City, Jase and Stephie Lecor) (Poe Boy/Hiram Group)
- DJ Smokey Bear (Poe Boy/Hiram Group)
- YT Triz
- King leonidas (Poe Boy/ Hiram Group)
Producers
[edit]Comedians
[edit]Past releases
[edit]The P.O.D – The Power Of Dollars
- Released: October 1, 2001
- Chart positions:
- RIAA certification:
Cognito – Tru Cognizance
- Released: November 5, 2002
- Chart positions:
- RIAA certification:
- Singles: "Addicted To Ya", "Big Bank"
Jacki-O – Poe Little Rich Girl
- Released: October 26, 2004
- Chart positions: No. 95 Billboard
- RIAA certification:
- Singles: "Nookie (Real Good)", "Fine", "Sugar Walls", "Break You Off"
- Released: March 11, 2008
- Chart positions: No. 1 Billboard
- RIAA certification: Gold
- U.S. sales: 700,000
- Singles: "Speedin'", "The Boss", "Here I Am", "This Is the Life"
- Released: March 18, 2008
- Chart positions: No. 4 Billboard
- RIAA certification:
- U.S. sales: 350,000
- Singles: "Low", "Elevator", "In the Ayer"
Billy Blue – Rated Hood - The Street Album (Mixtape)
- Released: 2008
- Chart positions:
- RIAA certification:
- Singles: "Ball Like A Dog", "Get Like Me"
- Released: March 31, 2009
- Chart Positions: No. 8 Billboard
- RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "Right Round", "Shone", "Sugar"
- Released: April 21, 2009
- Chart Positions: No. 1 Billboard
- RIAA certification:
- Singles: "Magnificent", "Usual Suspects"
Flo Rida - Only One Flo (Part 1)
- Released: November 30, 2010
- Chart Positions: No. 107 Billboard
- RIAA certification:
- Singles: "Club Can't Handle Me", "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)", "Who Dat Girl"
- Released: July 3, 2012
- Chart Positions: No. 14 Billboard
- RIAA certification:
- Singles: "Good Feeling", "Wild Ones", "Whistle" "I Cry"
Upcoming releases
[edit]- Brisco – Street Medicine
- Billy Blue – The Story Of My Life
- Brianna Perry – Girl Talk