Takeover/Cloud 9

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Takeover/Cloud 9 Unltd.
Type Joint venture
Private unlimited company
Industry Music industry
FoundedDecember 2008
Founder Kwasi Danquah III & Guy Moot
Headquarters,
Key people
Kwasi Danquah III
(President and CEO)
Services Music publishing
Owner Takeover Group
EMI Music Publishing
Parent Takeover Entertainment Limited & EMI Music Publishing

Takeover/Cloud 9 is a British music publishing company. The organisation is a co-owned subsidiary of Takeover Entertainment Ltd and EMI Music Publishing. [1] It was founded by English rapper Kwasi Danquah III (commonly known as Tinchy Stryder) and EMI Music Publishing's UK president and EMI European creative president, Guy Moot, as a publishing arm solely for Danquah's music in December 2008. [1]

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History

2008-2009: Formation

In 2008 Danquah signed a joint venture publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing to create Takeover/Cloud 9, a global publishing company in partnership with EMI. [1]

2009-2010

In 2009, Takeover/Cloud 9 became the publishing arm for all musicians and record producers of Takeover Entertainment. The singles from the certified Gold studio album, Catch 22 : "Take Me Back", and #1's "Never Leave You", and the N-Dubz collaboration "Number 1", were all published by Takeover/Cloud 9. [1]

2010-present

In June 2010, Takeover Entertainment went into business with Jay-Z by signing a joint venture with Jay-Z's Roc Nation to create a European record label and entertainment company. [2] The new company was named Takeover Roc Nation. By this, Takeover/Cloud 9 also became the music publishing arm for Takeover Roc Nation. [2]

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