Dead Game Records
Dead Game Records is an American independent record label founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by Tommy Jones and Travis Johnson. The label started in 2002 when Jones noticed an opening and lapse in marketing by other local and regional labels. The label has included Kevin Gates and Max Minelli.
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Dead Game Records is an American independent record label founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by Tommy Jones and Travis Johnson. The label started in 2002 when Jones noticed an opening and lapse in marketing by other local and regional labels. The label has included Kevin Gates and Max Minelli.
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• Name — Dead Game Records • Founded — 2002 • Founder — Travis Johnson, Tommy Jones • Genre — Hip hop, R&B, gangsta, dance • Country — U.S. • Location — Baton Rouge, Louisiana • Website — deadgamerecords.net
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Johnson was a classmate of Kevin Gates at Kenilworth Middle School in Baton Rouge. Johnson encouraged him to take rapping and his skills more seriously. In 2005 Gates signed to Dead Game Records as the labels main artist for over half a decade. With financial support and strategic marketing Gates flourished. Releasing six mixtapes, including features with Boosie Bad Azz, who was from the same neighborhood as Johnson and Jones. In the absence of Gates for two years, Dead Game joined former Koch Entertainment artist Max Minelli to release The Heart of a King and The Leak. In 2011, after his release from incarceration, Gates resumed his career with a new inspired style and an intense effort to release a multitude of projects in a short period of time. This was noticed by Artist Publishing Group which entered a joint venture partnership with Dead Game allowing Gates to be distributed by Atlantic Records.
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• Kevin Gates • Baby Joe • The Voice • BeezyKKK • Adam Dollars
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• Racked up Ready (Deceased) • Kevin Gates • Max Minelli
Mixtapes
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List of mixtapes, with year released • Title — Album details • Kevin Gates - Its My Time — * Released: 2006 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download • Kevin Gates - Pick of the Litter — * Released: 2007 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download • Kevin Gates - All or Nuthing — * Released: 2008 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download *Plays 98,129 Downloads 54,054 • Kevin Gates - All In — * Released: 2009 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download *Plays 158,827 Downloads 89,329 • Kevin Gates - Behind Enemy Lines — * Released: 2010 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download *Streams 44,827 • Kevin Gates and Max Minelli - The Leak — * Released: 2010 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download • Kevin Gates - I Don't Know What 2 Call it Vol1 — * Released: 2011 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download *Plays 242,358 Downloads 115,929 • Kevin Gates - Make Em Believe — * Released: 2012 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download *Plays 748,991 Downloads 478,341 • Lil One The Champ - Loyalty — * Released: 2015 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download • Lil One The Champ - Quida Mae — * Released: 2015 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download
Albums
Albums
List of Albums, with year released • Title — Album details • Max Minelli - Heart of a King — * Released: 2011 *Label: Self-released * Format: CD, digital download • Kevin Gates - Islah — * Released: 2016 *Label: Atlantic Records * Format: CD, digital download *Sales 2,000,000 Streams 30 Billion
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