Blackground Records

American record label focussing on hip hop / black music. Owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager and his son , Blackground was initially founded in 1993 as to release music by 's niece, . Named until 2000, it switched distribution deals over time - releases were previously distributed by Jive, Atlantic, Virgin and Universal Motown.
Reportedly dormant since 2013, after an aborted campaign to release new music by with current artists and producers such as .

Please look up the logo on a specific release carefully to distinquish which one of these three labels should be used.