Berlin-based independent !K7 have added a fifth label to their group, to be called Gold Dust Media, which will sit alongside its existing labels BBE/Rapster, Strut, Ever Records and the !K7 label. Headed up in an A&R capacity by Dave Watkins, who will work out of !K7's New York office, the aim is to "offer a new family of dynamic American artists a global platform to release their music through !K7's sales and marketing structure". First signings to the new venture are hip hop artists People Under The Stairs, Large Professor, Zion I and the Outlawz, plus they will release tracks from Brooklyn Academy & 40 Cal from the Diplomats. Confirming the new label, !K7 chief Horst Weidenmueller told Billboard: "At the moment there is no other US label focusing on urban music with an international marketing and distribution network. [Gold Dust] has huge potential".
May 1, 2008
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!K7 launch new hip hop label
Berlin-based !K7 has launched Gold Dust Media, a US hip hop label headed by Dave Watkins, with initial signings including People Under The Stairs and Zion I.