Suave House, now known as Suave Records, has signed a
distribution deal with Koch Reocords. 
Suave House and it’s CEO Tony Draper
helped to develop the careers of 8ball
& MJG, Tela and even Rick Ross.
Last year in an interview, Ross said  “I got my first deal in ’98, ’99 with
Suave House Records. Me and [Suave House CEO] Tony Draper, we was real cool. We
had a great business relationship.”

The new deal with Koch comes as a reunion of for Draper, who
worked with Alan Grunblatt,
President of Koch, while the two collaborated at Relativity Records in the late
’90s, generating a reported $25 million in revenue. “Tony and I have had
tremendous success with Suave Records in the late ‘90s. He is a brilliant
record man and I’m sure we’re going to have lots of gold artists as part of
this new venture,” said Grunblatt.

Recently, Draper had executive produced Ice Cube’s ‘Laugh Now, Cry Later’ album, which went gold for Lench
Mob Records, as well as the critically-acclaimed project last year from WC. Draper is also credited with
brokering the five-year, 50/50 deal putting The Clipse at Columbia Records, where they’ll join Rick Rubin in making a highly-anticipated
official third album.

The first project released in the Suave/Koch merger will be
a Greatest Hits release from 8Ball & MJG, the flagship artists of the
imprint since its inception. The release drops May 11. Artists following with
be Gillie Da Kid and Jiggolo.