Takeover Entertainment

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Takeover Entertainment Ltd.
Company type Private ownership,
Private limited company
Industry Music industry & Fashion
Genre Hip hop, alternative hip hop, alternative rock, R&B, soul, neo soul, electronic, post-dubstep, dubstep, grime
Founded9 February 2006
FounderArchie Lamb & Jack Foster
Defunct22 October 2013  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
FateDissolved 2013
Headquarters64 New Cavendish Street
London
United Kingdom
W1G 8TB
Area served
 United Kingdom
Key people
 Kwasi Danquah III
(Chairman and A&R executive)
Archie Lamb
(President and CEO)
Jack Foster
(Vice President, COO and CFO)
Products Entertainment
Divisions Star in the Hood
Subsidiaries Takeover/Cloud 9
Takeover Roc Nation

Takeover Entertainment was a British entertainment company. The organization operates an independent record label, talent agency, a music production company, as well as its own music publishing house. [1] The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III (known by his pseudonym Tinchy Stryder), Archie Lamb and Jack Foster. [2] It specializes in producing R&B, hip hop and electronic music. It was dissolved in October 2013 [3]

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The first person to be signed to Takeover Entertainment was English rapper and entrepreneur Tinchy Stryder. Success followed by Stryder becoming the biggest selling UK male artist of 2009 with his second studio album, Catch 22 , which spawned hits, including "Take Me Back", and #1's "Never Leave You", and the N-Dubz collaboration "Number 1". [4]

History

The company was formed on Thursday 9 February 2006 by Archie Lamb and Jack Foster. [4] Then part-time promoters, the duo put on nightclubs in the United Kingdom that featured artists including Roll Deep and Lethal Bizzle. [4] Upon meeting Danquah in 2006 they branched out into management, and signed him to a record deal. The Star in the Hood clothing company was founded in the same year. [4]

In 2008 Takeover Entertainment, signed a joint venture with EMI Music Publishing to create the global music publishing company Takeover/Cloud 9, and enabled Takeover Entertainment to sign artists and songwriters and develop the signed artists and songwriters in partnership with EMI. [4]

In 2010 Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Roc Nation signed a joint venture deal with Takeover Entertainment to create a European record label and entertainment company. [1] The new company was named Takeover Roc Nation. [1] Takeover Roc Nation is currently based in the United Kingdom, and distributes its record releases through Sony Music and partners with Live Nation for all other aspects of the business. [1]

People

ActYear signedRoleReference
Agent X2012Audio engineer, DJ, mixing or mastering engineer, producer, songwriter [5]
Ayak Thiik 2010Songwriter [6]
Dappy 2011-2012Signed artist [7]
David Dawood 2010Audio engineer, DJ, producer, songwriter [8]
Dot Rotten 2011Managed artist [9]
Dirty Danger 2011Audio engineer, producer [10]
Jodie Connor 2010Signed artist, songwriter [11]
Giggs 2010Managed artist [11]
Nathan Retro2010DJ, mixing or mastering engineer, producer, songwriter [12]
Ria Ritchie 2011Signed artist [13]
Ruff Sqwad 2011Signed artist [10]
DJ Sir Spyro 2011DJ [14]
Prince Rapid 2011Mixing or mastering engineer, producer [10]

Concerts and tours

Discography

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