Priority Records

Priority Records
Parent companyUniversal Music Group
Founded1985 (1985)
Founder
StatusActive
Distributor(s)Interscope Capitol Labels Group
GenreVarious, with a focus on hip hop
Country of originUnited States
Location6430 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Official websitepriorityrecords.com

Priority Records is an American distribution company and record label known for artists including N.W.A, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eazy-E, Master P, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Silkk the Shocker, Jay-Z, Paris, Mack 10, 504 Boyz, Brotha Lynch Hung, C-Murder, Mia X, Westside Connection, and Ice-T. It also distributed hip hop record labels including Death Row Records, Hoo-Bangin' Records, No Limit Records, Posthuman Records, Rap-A-Lot Records, Rawkus Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Ruthless Records Duck Down Records, and Wu-Tang Records. According to Billboard, "few record labels were as important to the rise of West Coast hip hop as Priority Records".