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{{Infobox record label
| name = Takeover Roc Nation
| parent = [[Takeover Entertainment|Takeover Entertainment Ltd]]<br />[[Roc Nation|Roc Nation, LLC]]
| founded = {{start date|2010}}
| founder = [[Tinchy Stryder]]<br/>[[Jay-Z]]
| distributor = [[Universal Music Distribution]]
| genre = Various
| country =
| location = [[Norwich]] (UK & E.U.)<br />New York City (US)
}}

'''Takeover Roc Nation''' is an American and British entertainment company, which acts as a co-owned subsidiary of [[Takeover Entertainment]] and [[Roc Nation]]. It was founded in June 2010 by American rapper and entrepreneur [[Jay-Z|Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter]] and English rapper and entrepreneur [[Tinchy Stryder|Kwasi "Tinchy Stryder" Danquah III]] of the company, Takeover Entertainment Limited.<ref name="Jay-Z and Tinchy Stryder team up on Takeover Roc Nation" />

In June 2010, Carter and Roc Nation signed a [[joint venture]] deal with Danquah's company, Takeover Entertainment Limited, to create a [[European Union|European]] record label and entertainment company. The independent record label was named Takeover Roc Nation. It handles [[Music management|management]], merchandise, records and live bookings for its [[recording artist]]s. The company publishes music through [[Takeover/Cloud 9]] and distributes record releases through [[Sony Music Entertainment]] and partners with [[Live Nation]], [[StarRoc]]/[[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595438/20080923/jay_z.jhtml|title=Jay-Z Quietly Launches StarRoc Label With Norwegian Production Duo Stargate|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2008-09-23|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=2011-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209022346/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595438/20080923/jay_z.jhtml|archive-date=9 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and Three Six Zero Group<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1043915&c=1|title=Three Six Zero signs Roc Nation deal|last=Cardew|first=Ben|date=2011-01-18|work=[[Music Week]]|access-date=2011-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514100047/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1043915&c=1|archive-date=14 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> for all other aspects of the business.<ref name="Jay-Z and Tinchy Stryder team up on Takeover Roc Nation">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10273433|title=Jay-Z and Tinchy Stryder team up on Takeover Roc Nation|date=2010-06-09|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2011-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113033627/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10273433|archive-date=13 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1041499|title=Jay-Z links up with Tinchy Stryder|last=Hobbs|first=Linda|date=2010-06-14|work=[[Music Week]]|access-date=2011-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902172324/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1041499|archive-date=2 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/tinchy-stryder/225540-tinchy-stryder-signs-deal-with-jay-z|title=Tinchy Stryder Signs Deal With Jay-Z|date=2010-06-09|publisher=[[MTV (UK and Ireland)|MTV]]|access-date=2011-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022093812/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/tinchy-stryder/225540-tinchy-stryder-signs-deal-with-jay-z|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i81776746af85635363ef93ecca4ece4d |title=Jay-Z, Tinchy Stryder Launch Takeover Roc Nation |last=Paine |first=Andre |date=2010-06-09 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=([[Reuters]]) |access-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009071728/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i81776746af85635363ef93ecca4ece4d |archive-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Takeover Roc Nation is currently headquartered at Danquah's Takeover Entertainment recording studio, in [[Norwich]] and [[London]], UK with satellite offices at Carter's recording studio in [[Los Angeles]], and Roc the Mic, in Manhattan, New York City, United States.<ref name="Jay-Z and Tinchy Stryder team up on Takeover Roc Nation" />

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10277543 Tinchy Stryder talks through Jay-Z business deal] collected news and commentary at ''[[BBC News]]''

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