Terror Squad Entertainment

About Terror Squad Entertainment

Terror Squad (formerly Terror Squad Entertainment) is a hip hop and R&B record label founded by Fat Joe in The Bronx, New York. The label has been distributed by the likes of Relativity Records and Atlantic Records, but now, except for DJ Khaled is distributed by Imperial Records and Virgin Records of EMI.
Fat Joe decided to form Terror Squad Entertainment after he began to associate himself with Big Pun, which was around 1992. Early on, Fat Joe used the label for mixtape releases until he struck up a distribution deal with Relativity Records in 1993. The deal with Relativity led to the release of Fat Joe's debut album Represent in 1993. The label got plenty of exposure in New York with the release of Joe's hit single "Flow Joe". In 1994, he signed Big Pun, Prospect, and Cuban Link to the label. In 1995, Terror Squad would release Fat Joe's second album Jealous One's Envy and Big Pun's debut album. Soon after these releases Fat Joe would begin his search for a new distributing label.
After seeing the success of the Terror Squad label and Fat Joe being disappointed with the album sales at Relativity, Fat Joe would move the label into the Atlantic Records umbrella. During this time, Terror Squad added rapper Pistol Pete to their roster. In 1998, the label began to associate themselves with an upcoming Irv Gotti and his Murder Inc. Records label. In 1998, they released Big Pun's second album along with Fat Joe's Don Cartagena, which featured some production from the Murder Inc. boss. This release was quickly followed by the self-titled debut by the Terror Squad. The album was somewhat successful and made a legit name for the group and the label. In 2000, they released Big Pun's album Yeeeah Baby, but sadly, the label's central star would die of a heart-attack the same year.