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American record label

Record label

Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint.

Founded in late by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20&#;million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Music Group and Interscope Communications,^[2] it differed from most record labels by letting A&R staff control decisions and allowing artists and producers full creative control.^[3] Interscope's first hit records arrived in under a year, and it achieved profitability in ^[4] Chair and CEO until May , Iovine was succeeded by John Janick.^[5]

In , Interscope acquired the exclusive rights to market and distribute releases from hardcore hip hop label Death Row Records, a decision that ultimately put the label at the center of the mids gangsta rap controversy.

As a result, Time Warner, then the parent of Warner Music Gr