40 Ounce Records Announces Distribution Deal With Navarre Corporation
Vallejo, CA – April 14, 2003 – 40 Ounce Records has teamed up with Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR), a leading distributor and publisher of a broad range of home entertainment and multimedia software products, for an exclusive 3 year distribution agreement. Navarre Corporation is best known in urban music circles as being the home to Riviera/D3 Entertainment (Insane Clown Posse, C-Murder, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard) as well as their latest addition West Coast Mafia Entertainment (C-Bo, Killa Tay).
Based in Vallejo, California, 40 Ounce Records has been a leader in the West Coast independent music scene for the past five years. 40 Ounce Records’ senior management includes C.E.O./President James Trujillo, better known as Jay Tee, Executive Consultant Brandon C. Rodegeb, better known as B-12 and Marketing Coordinator Lisa Donahue.
Jay Tee’s long-standing musical career began as the front man of the Platinum selling rap group N2DEEP. He then became part of the Latino rap super-group Latino Velvet with Baby Beesh, Frost, and Don Cisco. Jay Tee has sold over 2.5 million albums and has gone on to establish himself as one of the most well-known names and faces in the underground rap community through his collaborations and appearances.
In addition to their catalog of 21 titles including albums from N2DEEP, Frost, Latino Velvet, Miami and the Funky Aztecs, 40 Ounce Records has planned an aggressive release schedule for 2003 with the release of Jay Tee’s second solo project “High Caliber” on July 22 as well as new albums from Frost, Don Cisco and the third installment from the popular compilation series entitled, Bayriderz. Find out more online at www.40ouncerecords.com.
Navarre Corporation’s major business groups are: Navarre Distribution Services, which distributes quality consumer software, video games, major label music and DVD and VHS video to a broad base of retailers nationwide; Navarre Entertainment Media, distributes proprietary, independent music and DVD in the United States and Canada; Encore Software, the company’s majority-owned subsidiary which is a leading interactive publisher in the videogame and PC CD-ROM markets. The company operates a "business to business" Internet E-Commerce web site www.navarre.com.
