Hi-Lite Records
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Hi-Lite Records
| image = Hi-Lite Records.png
| founder = Paloalto
| genre = Korean Hip hop
| url =[http://hiliterecords.com/ hiliterecords.com]
| caption =
| founded = {{Start date|2010|04|20}}
| defunct = {{end date|2022|04|20}}
| location = Seoul, South Korea
|parent=Stone Music Entertainment
(CJ ENM E&M Division)
|distributor=Genie Music
Stone Music Entertainment
}}
Hi-Lite Records was a South Korean independent record label founded in 2010 by rapper Paloalto.
Partnership with CJ E&M
It was announced in October 2015 that the entertainment company CJ E&M would be acquiring the label. Representatives stated the company would provide the label assistance in funding, marketing and expanding a global network, allowing it to solely focus on music.{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151018000359|title=CJ E&M takes over Paloalto's hip-hop label|date=2015-10-18|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-date=2016-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209231020/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151018000359|url-status=live}}
Accolades
- Won both "Album of the Year" (Hi-Life) and "Label of the Year" in the 2013 hiphopplaya awards.{{Cite web|url=http://hiphopkr.com/news/hiphopplaya-awards-2013-results/|title=HIPHOPPLAYA AWARDS 2013 Results|date=2014-03-08|website=HiphopKR|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-date=2016-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623154818/http://hiphopkr.com/news/hiphopplaya-awards-2013-results/|url-status=live}}
- Won "Song of the Year" and "Music Video of the Year" with Keith Ape's "It G Ma" in the 2015 hiphopplaya awards{{Cite web|url=http://magazine.hiphopplaya.com/magazine/article/view.html?num=19702&category=&category2=&mode=&sort=&page=|title=HIPHOPPLAYA AWARDS 2015 결과발표|website=magazine.hiphopplaya.com|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-date=2016-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816161420/http://magazine.hiphopplaya.com/magazine/article/view.html?num=19702&category=&category2=&mode=&sort=&page=|url-status=live}}
Artists
- Paloalto (Founder and Former CEO)
- Pinodyne (Huckleberry P & Soul Fish)
- Reddy
- Soul One
- Camo Starr (CEO)
- Beshade
- Swervy
- Soovi
- Jerd
Former
- Evo
- DJ Djanga
- GLV
- TKO
- DJ Frekeey
- Bella
- Keith Ape
- 211
- B-Free (left 7 May 2016){{Cite web|url=http://seoulwave.com/b-free-leaves-hi-lite-records/|title=B Free leaves Hi Lite Records - Seoulwave|last=Young|first=Tanea|date=2016-05-10|website=Seoulwave|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511042905/http://seoulwave.com/b-free-leaves-hi-lite-records/|archive-date=2016-05-11|url-status=dead}}
- Okasian (left 27 May 2016){{Cite web|url=http://hiphopkr.com/news/okasians-contract-with-hi-lite-records-ends/|title=Okasian's contract with Hi-Lite Records ends|date=2016-05-27|website=HiphopKR|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-date=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603194646/http://hiphopkr.com/news/okasians-contract-with-hi-lite-records-ends/|url-status=live}}
- G2
- YunB
- Jowonu
- Sway D
Discography
- HI-LITE Records - HI-LIFE (2013)
- The Cohort – Orca-Tape (2013)
External links
- {{Official website|hiliterecords.com}}