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Koch Records was founded in May 1999 by Michael Koch to serve as the North American umbrella for Koch Entertainment's labels. They would sign many country, classical, and rock acts including, Cledus T. Judd, Chris Brubeck, Bob James, and an exclusive distribution with Suge Knight's embattled Death Row Records. The label soon began to gain ground on the other independent record label's in the United States. In the 2000s, they began to sign more hip hop acts and become one of the biggest hip hop labels in the world. They signed various distribution deals with labels like Open Bar Entertainment, Terror Squad, D-Block Records, and others. In 2004, they were able to sign a deal with Snoop Dogg and his Doggystyle Records along with Mobb Deep. They hired Snoop Dogg on to head up their western spin off Koch West. Koch also added on to their roster, Cam'ron and his Diplomat Records. Diplomat rapper, Jim Jones would rise to prominince on the label through the deal. They would sign Yonkers rapper, J-Hood and his label On Da Grind Ent.. Koch has also had releases from 2Pac, Tha Dogg Pound, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger and Gangsta Advisory. In 2007, when they signed J-Hood they gave him a big position in their Koch East division. In 2007, they signed a distribution deal with Foxy Brown and her Black Rose Entertainmnet, as well as with Ray J and his label Knockout Entertainment. Former Roc-A-Fella Records star Omillo Sparks has signed a solo deal with Koch. Slim Thug was signed to the label along with his Boss Hoggs label in late 2005. Koch Records also releases almost all children's music, such as Pokemon, Barney, Sesame Street, The Wiggles, and Fraggle Rock.

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