X Records Will Distribute Burgeoning DyFor Entertainment

Fast-rising collective of business-savvy industry vets and uber-creative music makers are poised to revamp the urban music scene with a roster of artists that stretch across six area codes.

Washington, DC – Richmond, Virginia-based X Records continues to create its own lane in the entertainment industry by inking lucrative business deals with the hottest up-and-coming labels. Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston, President of X Records, has added another champion to his roster by signing on DyFor Entertainment—a forward-thinking and self-contained music label based in the renowned DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area. With a dedicated fan base, support of local DJs and tastemakers, and a rock-solid new album in the pipeline, DyFor Entertainment is on task to putting DMV back on the Hip-Hop map.

Managed by industry veteran Tymikia Wells, CEO of CatFight Entertainment, DyFor has been groomed for its impending success. Fortune and DyVerse, the brains, production and talent behind the breakout label have laid a foundation for their company that took most majors years to accomplish. By establishing a rock-solid 2.0 presence, DyFor has been able to test the market, garner new fans, and stay relevant all before reaching the mainstream. Their new media savvy has been a key element in their early success, and will be the means to promoting their band of artists. As the DMV area is known for its diversity and being a cultural melting pot, DyFor Entertainment brings the same ingredients to their unique brand of music.

“The bar in the [music] industry has officially been raised through this deal,” says Ty Wells, DyFor Manager and CEO of CatFight Entertainment. “DyFor is not just a creative team of producers and rappers; it’s an enterprise…a movement. What this venture will do for artists and the industry, respectively, is going to change the way people do business, promote talent, and create the ultimate consumer experience in the mainstream.”

To learn more about DyFor Entertainment or to hear music samples from their new album “Against All Odds”, please visit www.myspace.com/dyfortentertainment or www.myspace.com/catfightent.

About X Records
X Records was founded in 2001 and is manufactured and distributed by the Malaco Music Group. Founded by Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston after a ten-year career in the music industry with giants like Warner Brothers, American Records and Arista, X Records emerged as the creative outlet and distributor for his own roster of artists. After promoting major label projects for the Notorious B.I.G., TLC, Usher, Toni Braxton, OutKast, Tamia, Eric Benet, Tevin Campbell, Something for the People and the Wu-Tang Clan under FAT Thomi Promotions, Mr. Hairston has the knowledge and track record required to be an industry leader.

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Jennifer Colter
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X Records Signs Real Talk Studios to Distribution Deal

X Records Signs Real Talk Studios to Distribution Deal with Plans to
Catapult the Texas Urban Music Scene

Dallas, Texas – Real Talk Studios, based in Dallas, Texas has signed a distribution deal with X Records--a venture that will lead Real Talk from the independent circuit into the mainstream arena. With over two decades producing music, videos, and developing artists, Real Talk has been a staple in the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene because of its strong support of independent musicians. Lou Schober, President and CEO of Real Talk Studios, plans to utilize its main facility in Dallas, as well as its hubs in Long Island, NY, Montgomery, AL, Toledo, OH, and Anaheim, CA to produce and promote projects from its roster of almost twenty Hip-Hop and R&B artists.

Casting a new spin on traditional label operations, Real Talk Studios is taking a different approach in artist development, music production, and marketing. The recording house that has signed some of rap’s hottest breakout performers like Bossaliny, We Mayja and Thyra is not only providing its talent with top-notch production capabilities, marketing and promotions, but a sense of autonomy and ownership—a rare perk in the industry for artists. Real Talk Studios offers high-quality audio and video production in communities where first-rate resources are difficult to come by. As an artist-run facility, Real Talk can provide its talent with all the elements of a larger label because of the low overhead.

This cooperative effort inevitably places X Records and Real Talk artists in a position for success because there is a consistent machine behind them. Other acts on deck for Real Talk Studios include: Dimension, Reddy Red, Blue Print, Blacq Diamondz, LaConda Davies, Trill Game Spitters (TGS), Big Rillo and many more.

“This venture is a win-win for everyone involved,” says Real Talk Studios President, Lou Schofer. “X Records has a strong team with major support from the top, and [Real Talk] has a roster of artists with solid fan bases. The Hip-Hop scene in Texas is about to come full-circle again and we’re pleased to be at the forefront of this movement along with X Records.”

For more information about Real Talk Studios recording facilities and the artists, please visit www.realtalkstudio.com and www.myspace.com/realtalkstudios.

About X Records
X Records was founded in 2001 and is manufactured and distributed by the Malaco Music Group. Founded by Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston after a ten-year career in the music industry with giants like Warner Brothers, American Records and Arista, X Records emerged as the creative outlet for his own roster of artists. After promoting major label projects for the Notorious B.I.G., TLC, Usher, Toni Braxton, OutKast, Tamia, Eric Benet, Tevin Campbell, Something for the People and the Wu-Tang Clan under FAT Thomi Promotions, Mr. Hairston has the knowledge and track record required to be an industry leader.

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Jennifer Colter
Sophisticated PR...Without the prentention.
YOUR.POWER.MOVE.

Longstanding Recording Label, the Malaco Music Group, Makes Plans to Expand and Creates a New Lane for Urban Music

Southern-rooted Malaco Records is poised to take the music industry in a new direction with the launch of an urban music division, and long-term partners, X Records, is prepared to be their premier label.

Richmond, VA – Coming off the launch of its Dreamz to Reality Live Tour which is a national talent search for the country’s best new artists, X Records is also gearing up for big changes with their parent label, The Malaco Music Group. Historically a Blues, R&B and Gospel recording and distribution label, Malaco has represented some of the world’s most successful artists from Yolanda Adams, the Mississippi Mass Choir, and Vanessa Bell Armstrong to Bobby Blue Bland, Jonnie Taylor, ZZ Hill and Anita Ward. With the company’s plans to expand and open an urban music division, the super-charged roster of Hip-Hop artists under X Records are on deck to make waves in the lackluster mainstream rap scene.

At the helm of Malaco’s new urban music division is industry veteran Lionel Ridenour, former executive and thought-leader at powerhouses like Arista and Capitol Records—and most recently the Executive Vice President of Urban Music at Virgin Records where he played a significant role in the careers of Janet Jackson, Craig Mack, Notorious B.I.G., Diddy, MC Hammer, OutKast, Whitney Houston, Tony Braxton, Pink and Usher.

Mr. Ridenour’s concrete experience and vast knowledge of the music industry and its trends are what will make Malaco a leader in developing and producing top-selling artists. X Records President, Thomi Hairston, knows of Ridenour’s talent first-hand, as the former National Director of Hip-Hop Promotions at Arista Records worked directly under Ridenour during his tenure there.

“This is an exciting time for Malaco and X Records—and now with Lionel [Ridenour] on board, the game is officially on a new level. For the past five years X Records has been distributed by Malaco and represented them on the independent Hip-Hop side, however with this expansion the mainstream lanes will now open up,” says Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston, President of X Records when asked about the launch of his newest Hip-Hop artist, Shaka Sema-Jhi.

About X Records
X Records was founded in 2001 and is manufactured and distributed by the Malaco Music Group. Founded by Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston after a ten-year career in the music industry with giants like Warner Brothers, American Records and Arista, X Records emerged as the creative outlet for his own roster of artists. After promoting major label projects for the Notorious B.I.G., TLC, Usher, Toni Braxton, OutKast, Tamia, Eric Benet, Tevin Campbell, Something for the People and the Wu-Tang Clan under FAT Thomi Promotions, Mr. Hairston has the knowledge and track record required to be an industry leader.

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Jennifer Colter
Sophisticated PR...Without the prentention.
YOUR.POWER.MOVE.