Wolftown Recordings is a hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 based in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

. Formed in 1997

1997 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...

 by local artists Tricksta

Tricksta

Tricksta is a hip hop DJ, producer, and CEO from Wolverhampton. He is the founder of UK hip hop label Wolftown Recordings. He is also known as Mr. Never Sleep, Tricky D, Tricky, Tricky dan, and Trik....

 and Late

Late (rapper)

Late is an underground rapper from Wolverhampton. He is a co-founder of Wolftown Recordings and a member of the rap groups Villains and Wolftown Committee...

, Wolftown has risen to prominence as one of the UK's premier hip hop labels, releasing records by acts such as Villains, Vicious Circle (10Shott and Size8), Jai Boo

Jai Boo

Jai Boo is an underground hip hop artist from Wolverhampton. She is signed to Wolftown Recordings and is a member of Wolftown Committee. She has received national airplay from radio stations such as BBC Radio 1Xtra and Asian Network, being played by such DJs as Ras Kwame and Bobby Friction.She...

, Cee-Rock "The Fury", DL Incognito

DL Incognito

Oliver Nestor, better known as DL Incognito is an underground Canadian hip hop producer and rapper from Ottawa, Ontario who started his career in 1998. The name 'DL Incognito' means Deliverying Lyrics on the Low. His 2004 album, Life's a Collection of Experiences, received a 2005 Juno nomination...

 and Juttla.

Wolftown Recordings is also home of the UK Runnings series of mixtape

Mixtape

A Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...

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