Antra Records is a vanity label

Vanity label

A vanity label is an informal name given sometimes to a record label founded as a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another, larger and better established record label, where the subsidiary label is controlled by a successful recording artist, designed to allow this artist...

 imprint of West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originates in the westernmost region of the United States, as opposed to East Coast hip hop, based originally in New York alone...

 artist Kurupt

Kurupt

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...

. His first solo album, Kuruption!

Kuruption!

Kuruption! is the debut studio album by rapper Kurupt. It was released on Antra Records, a label formed after Kurupt left Death Row Records. It was released as a double album. Disc one is labeled as "West Coast" and disc two is labeled as "East Coast". It peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 on...

(1998), was released in conjunction with A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

; the next two, Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha

Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha

Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha is the second studio album by rapper Kurupt. It was released on November 16, 1999 through Antra Records. It features the single "Who Ride Wit Us". The track "Callin' Out Names" is a diss track towards rappers Ja Rule and DMX. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA with sales...

(1999) and Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey

Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey

Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey is the third studio album by rapper Kurupt, it is also his final album to be released through Antra Records. It is also his first solo album not to feature a Dr. Dre produced track...

(2001) were with Danny Goldberg's independent Artemis Records. A handful of other releases by The Spooks

The Spooks

Spooks was an American hip-hop/R&B group, active in the late 1990s. After attaining success throughout Europe with their album S.I.O.S.O.S., Vol. 1, Spooks garnered a hit with the single, "Things I've Seen",...

, Sheela Black, and Crush also came out under the deal with Artemis.

The imprint was discontinued when Kurupt signed with Death Row Records

Death Row Records

Death Row Records is a record label founded in 1991 by Marion "Suge" Knight Jr., Andre Young , Tracy Lynn Curry and Michael Harris . It is known to have been home to many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as Dr...

in 2002.