Top Dawg Entertainment
Top Dawg Entertainment, or TDE, is a hip-hop and R&B label from Carson, California, founded in 2004 by Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. It signed Kendrick Lamar in 2005 and was home to Black Hippy, the group of Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q. A distribution deal with Interscope followed in 2012.
Lamar's run on TDE took in Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012), To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), which was the label's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, and Damn (2017). He and Tiffith also curated Black Panther: The Album in 2018. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022) was his last album for the label. ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron (2014) and SZA's Ctrl (2017) and SOS (2022) are TDE records too.
Doechii signed in March 2022 alongside a deal with Capitol and was TDE's first female rapper. Her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal won the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2025. The current roster also includes Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Lance Skiiiwalker, Zacari, Ray Vaughn, Kal Banx, Alemeda and Trap Dickey, who joined in March 2026.
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Details
- Artists
- 19
- Releases
- 57 tracked
Artists on Top Dawg Entertainment
- Lady Gaga
- SZA
- Isaiah Rashad
- yungras
- Kal Banx
- Alemeda
- Ash Leone
- Codeine314
- Justin Bieber
- Doja Cat
- ScHoolboy Q
- AzChike
- COLORS
- Fousheé
- JT
- SiR
- Zacari
- DOECHII
- Ray Vaughn
Discography
Related Artists
- Smino
- Kodak Black
- Ab-Soul
- Randy Merrill
- Joey Bada$$
- Henry Walter
- Ghostface Killah
- Duval Timothy
- BJ The Chicago Kid
- Dr. Dre
Related Labels
- Interscope Records
- Records
- Records
- Section.80
- Interscope
- Entertainment
- Capitol Records
- RCA
- Kendrick Lamar
- Capitol Records
Common questions
Who is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment?
Lady Gaga, SZA, Isaiah Rashad, yungras, and Kal Banx all have releases on Top Dawg Entertainment, alongside 14 other artists in the Tracknack catalogue.
How many artists are on Top Dawg Entertainment?
Tracknack lists 19 artists with releases on Top Dawg Entertainment. That counts everyone credited in the catalogue, not only the current roster.
How many releases does Top Dawg Entertainment have?
Tracknack tracks 57 Top Dawg Entertainment releases. The most recent is Set It Off (2026).
How do I follow new Top Dawg Entertainment releases?
Follow Top Dawg Entertainment on Tracknack and every new release is added to a Spotify playlist that updates itself.
