Brooklyn, New York
JAY-Z
Founder and chairman
He built the Roc on his own terms in 2008 and still sets the standard every artist here is measured against: own your work, own your name.
- With the Roc
- Since day one
New York · Los Angeles · London
Pressuremakesdiamonds.
Roc Nation is the entertainment company Jay-Z founded in New York in 2008. Records, management, publishing, live shows and sports under one roof, for artists who plan to be here a long time.
The roster
Set in platinum.
The Roc started with one name on the door and grew into a home for artists who move culture. Two of them, front of the case.
Barbados
RIHANNA
Roc Nation artist
From Barbados to every stage on earth. A voice, a business mind and a brand builder, and part of the Roc family.
- Roc Nation
- Artist
The wider family includes artists across hip hop, R&B, pop, gospel and Latin music, plus the management clients and athletes the company represents.
What we do
One roof. Every facet.
A diamond is many faces cut to work as one stone. The Roc runs the same way: each house does its own job, and all of it serves the artist.
- 01
Roc Nation Records
Signing, recording and releasing music, with a distribution arm for independent artists who want to keep ownership.
- 02
Management
Careers run like companies. Touring, deals, timing and the long view.
- 03
Publishing
Songwriters protected and paid, from the first demo to the catalog years.
- 04
Roc Nation Sports
Athletes represented on and off the field, in the United States and through the international office in London.
- 05
Live and festivals
Big rooms and bigger fields, including the Made in America festival.
- 06
Film and TV
Stories from the culture, produced for the screen.
- 07
School of Music, Sports & Entertainment
The next generation of executives, learning the business from the inside.
2009J. Cole
J. Cole becomes the first artist Roc Nation signs, and his first albums carry the Roc on the spine.
2012Philadelphia
Made in America opens on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and becomes a festival the city plans its Labor Day around.
2019NFL
Roc Nation becomes the NFL's live music entertainment strategist, shaping the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
How the Roc works
Cut slow. Shine long.
Hits come and go. The Roc is built for careers that are still standing in twenty years.
Find it.
Raw talent looks like a rough stone. We look for the voice, the work ethic and the point of view that cannot be taught.
Cut it.
Records, publishing, management and live working as one team, so every release and every show sharpens the same picture.
Set it.
Ownership, partnerships and a name that holds its value. The goal is a career that belongs to the artist.
Contact
Bring it to the Roc.
Artists, managers, brands and partners: tell us what you are building and where you want it to go. We will get it to the right house.
[Your phone]New York City · [Your address]