Takeover Entertainment

Takeover Entertainment Ltd.
Company typePrivate ownership,
Private limited company
IndustryMusic industry & Fashion
GenreHip hop, alternative hip hop, alternative rock, R&B, soul, neo soul, electronic, post-dubstep, dubstep, grime
Founded9 February 2006
FounderArchie Lamb & Jack Foster
Defunct22 October 2013 Edit this on Wikidata
FateDissolved 2013
Headquarters64 New Cavendish Street
London
United Kingdom
W1G 8TB
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Kwasi Danquah III
(Chairman and A&R executive)
Archie Lamb
(President and CEO)
Jack Foster
(Vice President, COO and CFO)
ProductsEntertainment
DivisionsStar in the Hood
SubsidiariesTakeover/Cloud 9
Takeover Roc Nation

Takeover Entertainment was a British entertainment company. The organization operates an independent record label, talent agency, a music production company, as well as its own music publishing house.[1] The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III (known by his pseudonym Tinchy Stryder), Archie Lamb and Jack Foster.[2] It specializes in producing R&B, hip hop and electronic music. It was dissolved in October 2013[3]

The first person to be signed to Takeover Entertainment was English rapper and entrepreneur Tinchy Stryder. Success followed by Stryder becoming the biggest selling UK male artist of 2009 with his second studio album, Catch 22, which spawned hits, including "Take Me Back", and #1's "Never Leave You", and the N-Dubz collaboration "Number 1".[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jay-Z and Tinchy Stryder team up on Takeover Roc Nation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The star in the well-pressed hood". BBC News. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ^ "TAKEOVER ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)". Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tinchy team signs EMI joint venture deal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).