Today we’d like to introduce you to Josh (CEO Josh) Hammonds .
Hi Josh (CEO Josh), we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I was born and raised in the Bronx, NYC, 179 st Loring Place Burnside Ave and Washington Ave 165 st, where my grandma stayed. I got kicked out around age15 but fell in love with music (Hip Hop). I hung out with older guys in the streets, and transitioning into the music industry, they opened up a studio. I wrote raps that translated into making songs, and I landed my first record deal when Def Jam Records and Jaha Johnson signed me. He took me to Kevin Liles, VP of DEF jam records, and led me to get signed with top entertainment. It was the production label for Joe Budden at the time. The CEOs such as Webb, Nitty & Skane manage Fabolous and DJ clue the whole desert storm camp. That was like my introduction to the music industry through Web and Nitti during my rap career. I traveled to Miami and met a girl in Los Angeles who happened to be a multimillionaire at 21, so she and I got into a relationship. I moved to California at around 23 years old, which kicked off me mainly doing real estate. This was when the mortgage industry was booming, so that’s what she did she did mortgages. We had 1 million in the bank, and she would ask me like why do you want to be a rapper? When other executives were making way more money than rappers, and at that time that’s when I decided to start the label and my management group
Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Everything you do this is going to be an ups and downs. There’s no success without obstacles; success without obstacles. We had super hiccups with you know everything when you are thinking you’re going to plan things when it comes to deals. I wasn’t able to release an album because, at the time, That’s when the whole label changed; that’s when LA Reid left Artista, that’s when Jay Z went over to DEF jam, so Kevin Liles left with Lyor Cohen to the warner music group. Hence, As a rapper, I got an advance but never got to drop an album due to the label Shift.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about BSB records?
BSB records are the number one independent record label on the East Coast. We have our flagship artist Troy Ave. We work with big hip-hop acts such as 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, fat Joe P Diddy, Rick Ross, SouljaBoy, and more. We’re more than just a label. We offer distribution for an independent artist. We are here for guidance and consultations for your independent artist and brands looking to succeed in their business. We also have a clothing line called God Is Great Paper. Straight visit at www.troyave.com and www.gigps.com. We do everything internally inclusive for our label, meaning if it’s marketing, branding, and Management is my specialty. We do everything in-house. We just put out a movie on Amazon prime video called New York City the movie. We also have a reality show called All About The Money, and one of the top rising podcasts called The Facto Show. We’re planning for a tour in November; we help an artist grow and manage their careers of the artist behind the scenes. We also specialize in nightlife owning a few outside businesses such as commercial restaurants and San Diego’s most notable chefs, Sd.
Who else deserves credit for your story?
- Shouts to the BSB records Staff east and west coast
- We’re a small but growing team our Main head of a&r is Inks @trensettinkz
- The other CEO, BSB, records West Road Team.
- The Factor show staff
- All About the Money Film crew
- Our security team
- Shouts Troy Ave, My Lil Bro Rah Dolla$, Brizzle, Kaos, Chef, Inkz, and the whole BSB family
Contact Info:
- Website: www.TroyAve.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/demaineg5?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
- Facebook: www.fb.com/bsbrecordswest
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/troyavebsb
- Other: WWW.GIGPSCALI.com
Image Credits
BSB records
