Payday Records

{{short description|American hip hop record label based New York}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Payday Records, Inc.

| logo = Payday-Logo BW (1).png

| type = {{hlist|Record label}}

| founded = {{unbulleted list|{{start date and age|1992}}|New York City, New York, U.S.}}

| founder = {{hlist||Patrick Moxey}}

| genre = Hip hop

| industry = Music

| parent = Warner Music Group

| website = {{URL|https://paydayrecords.net}}

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Payday Records, Inc. is a New York-based hip hop label that was launched in 1992 by Patrick Moxey. The label began in association with FFRR/London Records, and released in the UK and Europe via London/PolyGram Records. Artists launched via Payday Records include Jeru the Damaja, Jay Z, Mos Def (via his first group U.T.D.), Showbiz & A.G., and WC and the Maad Circle. Other associated productions include the works of DJ Premier and Guru of Gang Starr.{{Cite news|url=https://massappeal.com/payday-records-25-essential-cuts/#whatever|title=25 Payday Records Essential Cuts|date=2017-11-10|work=Mass Appeal|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US}}

The label officially relaunched on November 2, 2017, with "Our Streets," a record by DJ Premier and A$AP Ferg.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8022381/patrick-moxey-relaunches-classic-hip-hop-label-payday-records|title=Patrick Moxey Relaunches Classic Hip-Hop Label Payday Records: Exclusive|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-01-11}} They have also released Pell's girasoul EP.

In 2017, Payday Records catalog is now distributed by Ultra Records (later Sony Music Group; now Warner Music Group).