Ill Will Records

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Ill Will Records is an American vanity record label founded by Nasir "Nas" Jones. The label was named after Willie "Ill Will" Graham, Nas' childhood neighbor and best friend, who was shot dead on May 23, 1992, when both were teenagers.^[1] Nas co-founded the label in 1999 before the release of his fourth album, Nastradamus,^[2] with the help of his then-manager, Steve Stoute.

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Ill Will Records
Parent company	Sony Music Universal Music Group
Founded	1999
Founder	Nas, Steve Stoute
Status	Inactive
Distributors	Columbia Def Jam
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City, New York, United States of America
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After signing to Def Jam in 2005, Nas relaunched the label under the name The Jones Experience, as an imprint of Def Jam Recordings.^[2] In 2014, Nas co-founded Mass Appeal Records with Peter Bittenbender of the company Decon. The label is the music division of the Mass Appeal Media Group with distribution handled by The Orchard.