Sony Music’s Certified Classics, Legacy Recording’s division for the celebration of Sony Music’s Hip Hop and R&B catalogue, announces their partnership with Sony Music’s innovative merchandising company The Thread Shop to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Big Pun’sCapital Punishment.
Certified Classics and The Thread Shop worked hand-in-hand with the Estate of Big Pun in designing new merchandise and a 2-LP picture disc vinyl to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Capital Punishment. The new products are available now, click HERE to purchase.
The Estate of my husband Big Pun and the entire Rios Family thanks all of the fans for their continual support over the past two decades. Entering this new phase and journey, we have come full circle with our partners at Sony Music / Certified to consolidate the Big Pun legacy & brand. We will be reintroducing catalogue music as well as developing new content and merchandising across various platforms and more. It is our great honor and pleasure to continuously preserve Christopher Rios’ memory and artistic integrity for future generations to come. – Says Big Pun’s late wife Liza Rios
You can listen to the Best of LOUD Records playlist curated by Steve Rifkind HERE
Stay tuned for more announcements from Certified to come.
About Certified Classics:
Certified Classics is Legacy Recordings' division for the celebration of Sony Music's Hip-Hop and R&B catalog. With artists like The Fugees, Maxwell, Nas, A Tribe Quest, Xscape, Aaliyah and many more, Certified aims to pay homage to the legendary innovators of Hip-Hop and R&B by preserving, curating and reissuing repertoire from the 1980s through the early 2000s.
Launched in 2016, Certified creates opportunities to discuss, revisit, and renew interest in a genre that shaped an entire culture, making the leap from a grassroots form of expression to a mainstream juggernaut with staying power. Certified provides contemporary music fans access to rare and unreleased albums, singles, remixes, photos and video footage from iconic labels that have come through the Sony label system such as Jive, Ruffhouse, J Records, Arista, LaFace, So So Def, Profile, RCA Records, Epic, and Columbia—all in an effort to tell stories that help illustrate the impact R&B and Hip-Hop have made on music and the world.
The Thread Shop:
The Thread Shop is an innovative merchandising company born from Sony Music, which is bringing a revolutionary new perspective to pop culture branding and marketing through a variety of artist-specific product lines, innovative points-of-sale and licensing partners. From e-commerce artist stores offering limited edition customized merchandise to full-scale tour merchandising, to artists appearing live at pop-up real life retail stores, The Thread Shop is committed to providing the ultimate shopping experience--and the highest quality products--for music fans and devotees of pop culture. The company works with artists and brands to create beautiful, fashionable and functional merchandise as well as products designed to enhance every lifestyle. With a focus on quality and design, The Thread Shop designs, manufactures and markets products inspired directly from the vision and aesthetic of the artist. Artists they are currently working with include A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Dylan, DJ Khaled, NAS, Miles Davis, Camila Cabello and countless others.
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