Soma Records

Soma Records is an American independent record label associated with Las Vegas, Nevada, and active in the early 1990s. Its public-facing identity is tied to the website “uglyduckling.us,” a name that also connects to Ugly Duckling, an American hip-hop group that formed around 1993.

Ugly Duckling is described as an underground hip-hop group whose members include Dizzy Dustin, Young Einstein, and Andy Cooper. The group chose the name Ugly Duckling because they felt like outcasts in the hip-hop scene of the mid-1990s. In the book How to Rap: the Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Ugly Duckling is characterized as one of the most prominent underground hip-hop groups, a framing that aligns with an independent label context and suggests a focus on hip-hop outside mainstream industry structures.

Beyond that association, available information about Soma Records emphasizes its role as a label platform rather than detailing a documented founding story, roster development, or long-term catalog narrative. A number of artists are linked with the label in available context, including Slam, Sundarri, SobreSoma, Alejandro quevedo, Arnaud Le Texier, ANNĒ, Silence of Soma, and Lakej, but no further biographical or stylistic details are provided for these acts here. As a result, Soma Records is best summarized through the limited verified points: an independent American imprint connected to Las Vegas and the early 1990s, with an online presence under the Ugly Duckling name and a contextual link to the underground hip-hop group Ugly Duckling.