Waxploitation Records

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| founded = {{Start date|1996}}

| founder = Jeff Antebi

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| genre = Electronic
Hip Hop
Indie
Latin Music

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Waxploitation is an American record label, artist management company and music publisher, which was founded in 1996 by Jeff Antebi.

The company is best known for developing the careers of artists including Gnarls Barkley, Broken Bells, and Danger Mouse as well as projects like Danger Doom with MF DOOM, Rome with Jack White and Norah Jones, and Dark Night of the Soul with David Lynch and Sparklehorse.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rome-mw0002087005|title=Rome - Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/broken-bells-mw0001959449|title=Broken Bells - Broken Bells - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-night-of-the-soul-mw0001352142|title=Dark Night of the Soul - Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-odd-couple-mw0000498740|title=The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/st-elsewhere-mw0000403947|title=St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mouse-and-the-mask-mw0000448942|title=The Mouse and the Mask - Danger Doom - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 October 2017}}

Waxploitation managed Danger Mouse's producing career from 2004 to 2010, an era during which he produced albums by The Black Keys, Beck, and Gorillaz, as well as the infamous Grey Album.

In addition to creative ventures, Waxploitation has a longstanding commitment to philanthropy including their ongoing Causes album series has included songs from The Shins, LCD Soundsystem, Diplo, Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Devendra Banhart, The Decemberists, Sharon Jones & Dap Kings among many more.[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/waxploitation-presents-causes/id496112137]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/causes-2/id313225440 |title=ITunes - Music - Causes 2 by Various Artists |website=iTunes |access-date=2013-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111191007/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/causes-2/id313225440/ |archive-date=2012-11-11 |url-status=dead }}

In 2017, Waxploitation published the book entitled Stories for Ways & Means featuring original collaborations with Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Frank Black, Justin Vernon, Laura Marling, Devendra Banhart, Amadou Bagayoko, Gary Numan, Kathleen Hanna, and more.