Rude Boy Records is a German independent record label which was founded in 1994 as its own enterprise by ASR. Within the walls of Rude Boy Records, you can hear anything from Hip Hop to Rock, Jazz to Electronica, R&B to Alternative. We have decided not to allow ourselves to be caged into only one genre of music production. But Rude Boy Records is not only a production by ASR, it's also a music publishing company with distributions by Sony BMG and SPV GmbH.
In the beginning of its company history, the label mainly dropped rap music inspired by Advanced Chemistrys' co-founder Mike MD. Today, Rude Boy Records productions strives to develop and support creative, authentic music and the love of it.
Frank Riley - singer and producer - was born in St Louis, Missouri. Even as a little child he impressed his audience with his talent and his signature voice. Over the course of his music career he was a part of numerous band projects, among them Cameo, Kentucky, Black & White, Uli Barth Combo, Digitech, The Wright Thing, Mo' Soul, T.O.M. Band, Golden Gospel Pearls, Sheepwalk, Soul Sista, Soul2one, This is how we do it, ... just to name a few...
Frank's career began when he joined the "Southern Mission Gospel Choir" as 10 year old. This was followed by numerous performances with many bands - even at Mariah Careys' side!
However, as a part of his job in the services he was transferred to Germany, where he soon made contacts with the the local music scene here, and all over europe he succeeded in breaking through - just like
