Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Ruff Ryders Entertainment
Parent company	The Universal Music Group
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988)[1]
Founder	Joaquin "Waah" Dean Darrin "Dee" Dean Chivon Dean[1]
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Interscope Records Def Jam Recordings (DMX)
Genre	Hip hop hardcore hip hop R&B
Country of origin	United States
Location	33 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York,10701, U.S.

Ruff Ryders Entertainment is an American hip hop record label and management company founded by siblings and record executives Joaquin "Waah", Darin "Dee" and Chivon Dean in 1988.^[2] It operated as a subsidiary of Universal, and distributed by Interscope Records, with Def Jam Recordings serving as the distributor for DMX albums. The label went on to launch the careers of several successful artists such as DMX, Drag-On and the Deans' nephew, Swizz Beatz, among others. The Ruff Ryders namesake also referred to a loose-knit hip hop collective composed of the core signees of the label. The collective's de facto leader was the label's flagship artist, DMX. Ruff Ryders and its main studio Powerhouse Studios are headquartered at 33 South Broadway in Yonkers, New York.