The Dean Family circa 1970. Courtesy of Ruff Ryders Entertainment. There’s certainly a rich history to be told. After a stint in prison for armed robbery in the early ’80s, Waah Dean was ...

Joaquin “Waah,” Darin “Dee” and Chivon Dean founded Ruff Ryders Entertainment in 1988. The label would go on to help launch the careers of Eve, Drag-On, the Dean brothers’ nephew Swizz ...

But DMX was also closely associated with Ruff Ryders Entertainment, founded by Joaquin “Waah” Dean, Darrin “Dee” Dean, and Chivon Dean, three siblings who grew up in Yonkers, N.Y. Swizz ...

Ruff Ryders Entertainment dropped their first compilation album, 'Ruff Ryders: Ryde or Die Vol. 1, on April 27, 1999. Skip to main content Skip to site footer Trending: ...

Ruff Ryders, the powerhouse entertainment brand that’s produced some of the biggest Hip-Hop records over the last decade, is proud to announce several new projects for 2010: a reunion album ...

The five-part BET series kicked off last week, recounting the rise of the legendary Ruff Ryders Entertainment in the late '90s and 2000s. The label was founded by siblings Joaquin "Waah" Dean, ...

The rapper, who had to battle male rappers to get signed by Ruff Ryders Entertainment, said that in the late 1990s and 2000s, when she launched her career, it was difficult for female artists to ...

DMX is a hip-hop legend and one of the most recognizable faces from the Ruff Ryders crew. It’s fitting that he, Swizz Beatz, and Eve were among the members of that talented team who happen to be ...

The late rapper DMX was honored at a “Celebration of Life Memorial” in Brooklyn on Saturday in a tribute attended by his fiancée, children and his Ruff Ryders Entertainment collaborators.

Rap’s most powerful empires have had a hard time living up to their early critical and commercial standards recently, from Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment to Master P’s No Limit Records ...

View Article The post Ruff Ryder CEO Waah Dean talks DMX and the future of the label appeared first on TheGrio. When DMX passed last month, he’d already completed what was planned to be, ...

But DMX was also closely associated with Ruff Ryders Entertainment, founded by Joaquin “Waah” Dean, Darrin “Dee” Dean, and Chivon Dean, three siblings who grew up in Yonkers, N.Y. Swizz ...