Ill Will Records

American vanity record label

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Record label

Ill Will Records

Parent company	Sony Music Universal Music Group
Founded	1999
Founder	Nas, Steve Stoute
Defunct	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Status	Defunct
Distributor(s)	Columbia Def Jam
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City, New York, United States of America

Ill Will Records was an American vanity record label founded by Nasir "Nas" Jones. The label was named after Willie "Ill Will" Graham, Nas' childhood neighbor and best friend, who was shot dead on May 23, 1992, when both were teenagers.^[1] Nas co-founded the label in 1999 before the release of his fourth album, Nastradamus ,^[2] with the help of his then-manager, Steve Stoute.

After signing to Def Jam in 2005, Nas relaunched the label under the name The Jones Experience, as an imprint of Def Jam Recordings.^[2] In 2014, Nas co-founded Mass Appeal Records with Peter Bittenbender of the company Decon. The label is the music division of the Mass Appeal Media Group with distribution handled by The Orchard.

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Discography

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Year	Information
1999	Nas - Nastradamus Released: November 23, 1999 Chart positions: #7 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Platinum U.S. sales: 1,262,000+ Singles: "Nastradamus", "You Owe Me"
2000	Nas and Various Other Artists - Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest Released: November 21, 2000 Chart positions: #53 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: U.S. sales: Singles: "Da Bridge 2001", "Oochie Wally"
2001	Nas - Stillmatic Released: December 18, 2001 Chart positions: #5 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Platinum U.S. sales: 2,179,000+ Singles: "Rule", "Got Ur Self A...", "One Mic
2002	Nas - From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes Released: July 2, 2002 Chart positions: #123 U.S Billboard 200
	Nas - The Lost Tapes Released: September 24, 2002 U.S. sales: 361,000 Chart positions: #10 U.S Billboard 200
	Nas - God's Son Released: December 13, 2002 Chart positions: #7 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Platinum U.S. sales: 1,362,000+ Singles: "I Can", "Made You Look", "Get Down
2003	Bravehearts - Bravehearted Released: December 23, 2003 Chart positions: #75 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: U.S. sales: Singles: "Quick to Back Down", "B Train", "Bravehearted", "I Wanna", "Buss My Gun", "Cash Flow", "Sensations", "I Will", "Situations"
2004	Nas - Street's Disciple Released: November 30, 2004 Chart positions: #5 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Platinum U.S. sales: 724,000+ Singles: "Thief's Theme", "Bridging the Gap", "Just a Moment
2006	Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead Released: December 19, 2006 Chart Positions: #1 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Gold U.S. sales: 785,000 Singles: "Hip Hop Is Dead", Can't Forget About You
2008	Bravehearts - Bravehearted 2 Released: April 22, 2008
2008	Nas - Untitled Released: July 15, 2008 Chart positions: #1 U.S Billboard 200 RIAA Certification: Gold U.S. sales: 500,000 Singles: "Hero", Make the World Go Round"