290 WEST ENT. WAS FOUNDED BY BIGRICK IN CHICAGO IN 1995, THE LABEL WAS CREATED FOR LOCAL ARTISTS ON THE CHICAGO WESTSIDE AREA TO BE HEARD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE CITY. BIG RICK MOVED THE OPERATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND FOUND THAT CHICAGO'S MUSIC WAS'NT GETTING DISTRIBUTED IN CERTAIN AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY.BIG RICK FORMED A ALLIANCE TO GET ALL CHICAGO HIP HOP ARTISTS MUSIC IN AREAS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE MUSIC
IN 1999 BIGRICK FOCUSED MORE ON THE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND DROPPED THE LABELS FIRST PROJECT THE GENOCIDE FEAT BIGRICK AND MOB LIFE, WITH THE DEATH OF HIS COUSIN AND MENTOR JIMMY BROWN, BIG RICK PUT HIS ALL INTO THE MUSIC AND THE LABEL, IN 2003 BIGRICK DROPPED THA CRITICAL RELEASE R.IC.K. ILLA WHICH SOLD OVER 25,000 COPIES OUT THE TRUNK, AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS COUSIN SHON JONES IN OCT 2004 AND BEST FRIEND DAMEN IN 2005, BIGRICK RELEASED A CHICAGO STREET LEGEND MIXTAPE IN MEMORY OF EVERYBODY HE LOSTED IN HIS LIFE CHICAGO STREET LEGEND HAS SOLD MORE 30,000 COPIES AND STILL GROWING BIGRICK IS FOCUSED ON GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO ANY ARTIST IN THE HOOD THAT REALLY WANNA GET THEIR WORDS OUT ........................
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290 WEST ENTERTAINMENTAS OF NOV. 1ST 2006 ARTIST ON THE LABEL UNFORTUNELY WILL NOT BE DOING THERE OWN BOOKING ANYMORE, ANY REQUEST SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO BOOKING AGENT DONNY @ 314-581-9048 OR THE COMPANY'S EMAIL ADDRESS WHICH IS
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ROSTER AS OF NOV. 1ST 2006 KILLA WOODS, BIG RICK, BLOCKSOUL, 2-4 OF THA SNYPAZ, THA SNYPAZ, THA SPEEDKNOT MOBSTAZ, C.T.A. DRIFT, AND DJ MILESSORRY FOR THE INCONVIENCE, BUT THIS WILL HELP US TO SERVE YOU BETTERCOO
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