Gotee Records: Difference between revisions

| founded = {{start date and age|1994}}

| genre = [[Pop rock]], [[contemporary Christian music]], [[Christian raphip hop]], [[Christian rock]]

'''Gotee Records''' is a [[record label]] founded byof [[Christian hip -hop]] performer [[Toby McKeehan]] (known professionally as ''TobyMac''), Toddbased Collins, andin [[JoeyFranklin, ElwoodTennessee]].<ref name="BB_108_49"/> The label began as a production company. Atin the time of the label's founding, McKeehan was a member of [[dcUnited TalkStates]].

==Formation ofHistory Gotee==

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However, McKeehan does not publish his own albums under this title; instead he publishes his own records under the same label dc Talk was signed to, [[ForeFront Records]], an imprint of [[Universal Music Group]]. He owns the name the [[The Gotee Brothers|Gotee Bros]].

In May 2015 Gotee was acquired by [[Zealot Networks]]. Zealot's Nashville office is headed by former Gotee artist [[John Reuben]]. As part of the acquisition Gotee is still operated independently.<ref>{{cite web|title=NEWS: Zealot Networks Acquires Gotee Records|url=http://www.gospelmusic.org/news-zealot-networks-acquires-gotee-records/|titledate=NEWS:May Zealot28, Networks Acquires Gotee Records2015|work=The Gospel Music Association|accessdateurl-status=February 29, 2016live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063117/http://www.gospelmusic.org/news-zealot-networks-acquires-gotee-records/|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

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