White Lion Records

White Lion Records
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FounderElias de León (C.E.O)
GenreReggaeton, Latin, Urbano
Country of originPuerto Rico

White Lion Records is a reggaeton, Latin Music, Latín reggae and urbano record label established by Elías de León with the release of the album No Mercy by Daddy Yankee in 1995.[1] The label would temporarily change its name to 'Boricua Guerrero' from 1996-2001 until reestablishing as White Lion Records with the releases of Maicol y Manuel's "Como En Los Tiempos De Antes" and the compilation "Planet Reggae" in 2002.[2] As an independent label in 2003, it was selling over 100,000 copies of Tego Calderon's most recent album at the time;[3] it soon after signed a distribution deal with Sony BMG.

White Lion is an issuer of Puerto Rican hip hop, reggaeton, Latin reggae & urbano.[4] The company and its founder Elias de León were first to discover and release material from future reggaeton stars such as Daddy Yankee, Calle 13, Eddie Dee, Mexicano 777 and Tego Calderon.[5] They have released albums like "Calle 13" and "Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo" by Calle 13,[6] "El Abayarde" by Tego Calderon and "El Principe" by Cosculluela. The label is also affiliated with subsidiary imprints "Black Lion", "Nueva Kamada Corp" , "Young Lion" and 'Full Metal Enterprise'.[7]

In 2020, Elias intervened in the controversy between Cosculluela and Residente, both members of White Lion, preventing them from releasing diss tracks against each other.[8]

  1. ^ "Elías De León: el productor tras la nueva escena – sound:check" (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  2. ^ "White Lion busca talentos". www.noticel.com. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  3. ^ Latin Rap. Billboard, August 23, 2003.
  4. ^ "El dúo Zion y Lennox se une al concierto de White Lion Records". El Sol de Santiago | El periódico dominicano con las últimas noticias de actualidad (in Spanish). 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  5. ^ "Ivy Queen y Tego Calderón, estrellas del aniversario del sello White Lion, en Miami". noticiasclave.net. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  6. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/calle-13-mw0000258194 Calle 13 album review
  7. ^ "Elías De León: el productor tras la nueva escena – sound:check" (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  8. ^ "El ex manejador de Cosculluela y Residente no quiere que haya beef | Ritmo Urbano" (in Spanish). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-11.