Outlaw Recordz

Outlaw Recordz was an independent hip-hop imprint established by members of the Outlawz after their period of association with Death Row Records. The imprint emerged around the end of the 1990s, following the release of Still I Rise, a posthumous collaborative album credited to 2Pac and the Outlawz. Its documented role was to provide a platform for releases by the collective and related artists rather than to operate as a broad, commercially diversified music company. The label's best-documented release is Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us, issued in 2000. The album followed the Outlawz's transition away from Death Row Records and helped establish the group as an independent act continuing the musical and cultural legacy of Tupac Shakur. Subsequent Outlawz projects, including Novakane, Neva Surrenda, Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P., We Want In: The Street LP, Perfect Timing, Livin' Legendz, #LastOnezLeft, and One Nation, are associated with the collective's later independent recording activity, although the available reference material does not consistently identify Outlaw Recordz as the label for every title. Outlaw Recordz should be distinguished from the Outlawz performing collective itself. The collective originated in the early 1990s around Yafeu "Kadafi" Fula, Kastro, E.D.I. Mean, and later Tupac Shakur, evolving through the names Thoro Headz, Young Thugz, Dramacydal, and Outlaw Immortalz before becoming commonly known as the Outlawz. The imprint was a later organizational vehicle connected to that group, not the name of the artist collective's original formation. The available source material does not establish a separate corporate headquarters, formal ownership structure, distribution agreement, executive roster, website, or current operating status for Outlaw Recordz. Its historical significance rests primarily on its connection to the Outlawz's post-Death Row period and on its role in releasing or supporting independent hip-hop work rooted in the group's association with Tupac Shakur. Because documentation about the imprint is sparse and often overlaps with information about the Outlawz, details concerning its complete catalog, corporate organization, and present-day activity remain uncertain.

Outlaw Recordz is documented as an imprint created by the Outlawz after the group ended its association with Death Row Records. The label's emergence belongs to the broader history of the Outlawz, an American hip-hop collective formed from a circle around Tupac Shakur and Yafeu Fula. Before adopting the Outlawz identity, the artists performed under earlier names including Thoro Headz, Young Thugz, and Dramacydal. Dramacydal appeared on Shakur's Me Against the World in 1995, and the expanded collective later performed as the Outlaw Immortalz after Shakur's release from prison. The group gained wider visibility through appearances connected to Shakur, including work on All Eyez on Me, the song "Hit 'Em Up," and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. After Shakur's death in September 1996, the surviving members continued recording and appeared on the Gang Related soundtrack. The collective also remained connected to Death Row Records long enough to release Still I Rise in 1999, a collaborative album with 2Pac assembled from previously recorded material. That album reached number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum, according to the reference material. Following this Death Row period, the Outlawz established Outlaw Recordz as their own imprint. The label's first specifically identified release was Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us in 2000. This transition reflected the group's attempt to control and extend its recording activity independently, while maintaining the Outlawz identity and the association with Tupac Shakur's artistic legacy. The available material does not identify a separate founder, parent company, distributor, or formal executive structure for the imprint. The Outlawz continued releasing music during the 2000s and 2010s. Titles associated with the collective include Novakane, Neva Surrenda, Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P., We Want In: The Street LP, Perfect Timing, Livin' Legendz, and #LastOnezLeft. Perfect Timing was recorded after Hussein Fatal rejoined E.D.I. Mean and Young Noble in 2010. One Nation was released in 2021. These releases demonstrate the continuing recording activity of the artist collective, but the available references do not provide enough label-level information to attribute every title directly to Outlaw Recordz. Membership changes affected the imprint's surrounding artist network. Napoleon left the group and music industry after converting to Islam; Kastro later pursued a solo career; Hussein Fatal departed and subsequently returned before his death in 2015; and Big Syke died in 2016. Young Noble, described in the reference material as a long-term member, died in 2025, an event presented as effectively ending the group's active timeline. These events belong primarily to the history of the Outlawz rather than to documented corporate changes at Outlaw Recordz. There is no reliable source in the supplied material confirming whether Outlaw Recordz remains active, maintains a current catalog operation, or has a separately registered business presence. The imprint is therefore best understood as a historically significant independent label identity associated with the Outlawz's post-Death Row releases, while its legal and present-day status remains unresolved.

• 2025

  End of the documented active timeline

  [1]Outlawzen.wikipedia.org

  The death of long-term Outlawz member Young Noble was described in the supplied reference as effectively marking the end of the group's active timeline. The event does not independently establish the legal status of Outlaw Recordz.

• 2021

  One Nation

  [1]Outlawzen.wikipedia.org

  The Outlawz released One Nation during the collective's later recording period; the supplied material does not confirm the imprint's exact label credit.

• 2000

  Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us

  [1]Outlawzen.wikipedia.org

  The imprint's specifically identified first release was Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us, an album by the Outlawz.

• 1999

  Outlawz leave the Death Row period

  [1]Outlawzen.wikipedia.org

  After the release of Still I Rise, the Outlawz moved toward independent activity and established their own imprint, Outlaw Recordz.

An independent hip-hop imprint connected to the Outlawz and focused on group-led rap releases after the collective's Death Row Records period.

• Album · 2000

  Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us

  A 2000 Outlawz album identified as the first release issued after the collective established Outlaw Recordz. It represented the group's move toward independent recording activity following its Death Row Records period and continued the group's West Coast-oriented hardcore hip-hop identity.

1. 1Outlawzen.wikipedia.org