Darrin "Dee" Dean

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Darrin "Dee" Dean
Born	Yonkers, New York, U.S.
🏳️ Nationality	American
💼 Occupation	Co-founder of Ruff Ryders Entertainment
📆 Years active	1990's-present
🏢 Organization	Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Darrin "Dee" Dean is a record label executive and co-founder of Ruff Ryders Entertainment.

History

Darrin "Dee" Dean began in the entertainment business by starting Ruff Ryders Entertainment as management company. The management turned Record Label was home to DMX and the LOX. Shortly after the success of DMX's 1st release, Dean along with his brother Joaquin "Waah" Dean and sister Chivon Dean decided to turn the management company into a Record label. Throughout the labels existence Dean signed artist such as Eve, Drag-On, Cassidy and Jin who were all successful. Dean's nephew, Swizz Beatz, was also signed to the label as an artist and in house producer. In the early 2000's dean suffered extreme injuries from a motorcycle accident which would impact his career in the music industry. Miraculously Dean pulled through and recovered and eventually resumed his career in the music industry.

In 2010 the Dean along with other label partners announced a relaunch of the label that would put the labels primary focus on staying indie. Along with the relaunch came the birth of two sub labels, Ruff Ryders indie and Born Ryders. The Ruff Ryders Indie branch was managed by Joaquin 'Waah" Dean, While the Born Ryders branch was managed by Darrin "Dee" Dean.

In 2017 Dean and his brother Joaquin Dean launched a 10 city Ruff Ryders Reunion tour which showcased the new and old roster of Ruff Ryder Artist.

Artists

Lee Mazin

Brillo

Former artists under Dean's Ruff Ryders Label

• DMX (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam)
• Jin (Ruff Ryders/Atlantic)
• Fiend (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
• Eve (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
• The LOX (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Bad Boy)
• Jadakiss (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
• Styles P (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/E1)
• Sheek Louch (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
• Swizz Beatz (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
• Drag-On (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
• DANCIL (Ruff Ryders/Universal)

Releases Executive Produced By Dean

DMX

• It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
• Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998)
• ...And Then There Was X (1999)
• The Great Depression (2001)
• Grand Champ (2003)
• Year of the Dog...Again (2006)
• The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter (Greatest Hits) (2007)
• Undisputed (2012)

Drag-On

• Opposite of H2O (2000)
• Hell and Back (2004)

Eve

• Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999)
• Scorpion (2001)
• Eve-Olution (2002)
• Here I Am (Unreleased) (2007)
• Lip Lock (2013)

Jadakiss

• Kiss Tha Game Goodbye (2001)
• Kiss Of Death (2004)
• The Last Kiss (2009)
• Top 5 Dead or Alive (2015)

Styles P

• A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002)
• Time Is Money (2006)
• Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman (2007)

Sheek Louch

• Walk Witt Me (2003)
• After Taxes (2005)
• Silverback Gorilla (2008)

The LOX

• We Are The Streets (2000)

Jin

• The Rest Is History (2004)

Ruff Ryders

• Ryde or Die Vol. 1 (1999)
• Ryde or Die Vol. 2 (2000)
• Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust (2001)
• The Redemption Vol. 4 (2005)
• Ruff Ryders: Past, Present, Future (2011)

Swizz Beatz

• Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (2002)
• One Man Band Man (2007)

Cassidy

• Split Personality (2004)
• I'm A Hustla (2005)
• B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story (2007)

Yung Wun

• The Dirtiest Thirstiest (2004)

References

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