Ruffhouse Records is a record label founded in 1989 by Chris Schwartz and Joe Nicolo as a joint venture with Columbia Records. Schwartz continued with RuffNation Records; Chris Schwartz has worked in the music and film industry for almost 30 years. Chris has been the CEO of various companies that have been distributed through Warner Bros., EMI, Sony BMG and Universal. Chris has amassed over 220 Go
ld & platinum records while his companies have sold over 120 million albums worldwide breaking some the biggest artists who've won multitudes of awards including over 20 Grammys. Chris’s labels Ruffhouse, Ruffnation, Rufflife rosters included The Fugees, Cypress Hill, Kriss Kross, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Leela James, among others. Chris has also produced a number of independent feature films as well as supervising soundtracks for major Hollywood productions. Chris has been recognized in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, Forbes, Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Source and Vanity Fair. He has also made many TV appearances, on CNN, BET, MTV and VH1, among others.
