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Kold Sweat Records
was a British
independent record label
specializing in
hip hop music
, based in Askew Road,
London
. The label was founded in 1990 by Tony Powell,
[1]
who was the Managing Director, CEO at
MCA Records
between 1987 and 1992.
[1]
Upon leaving MCA, Powell created Kold Sweat
[2]
[3]
which was considered as a small project specific to the
hip hop
genre. He later employed
Angelo Starr
as
recording engineer
who was brother to the late
Edwin Starr
. The label had originally been created as an alternative to directly address the growing and popular trend of the emerging new and unsigned
British rap
acts throughout the UK.
Artists who recorded for Kold Sweat Records included:
The label closed in 1994 when Tony Powell became Director/CEO of
Pinnacle Entertainment
.
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