ShowTyme Entertainment was established in 2002, a new independent label in Houston’s ever expanding underground scene. Fresh off their release from Dallas based SouthMade Records, DocQuinn wanted to stay in the game but be a major focus on the label that he focused his music to in the future. Fade back to 1999…

Detox (known then as the Soulja Boys) were just peeling their cap and gowns off after graduating high school in East Texas. Hoping to get into the music scene that was really growing into a multi-million dollar industry in Texas at the time, the group set up Soulja Boy Records. The newly formed label battled through the hardships of being a freshly organized company, set their struggles to the side and continued on. Recording for projects and later opening shows, some for arguably Texas’ most successful clicks, the Screwed Up Click, things were looking promising for the label that had several artists in the fold working on projects already.

As 1999 sped though, Titanick joined the military in hopes of getting on his feet and then having the ability to properly finance the label. In 2000, DocQuinn also chose to serve his country for the same reason. They hoped to expand their experience and minds in the military and ultimately establish themselves through on their respective base, network with other artists and potential fans throughout different parts of the country and come back to East Texas with a new found direction for the company. Zig Zag stayed in East Texas with the remaining members of the label and continued to work the name and music through the streets.

Late 2001, while DocQuinn was networking on the internet, he met with an A/R who was at the time, SouthMade Records A&R Rep. The two spoke on a regular basis and DocQuinn sent a copy of their demo to him. After listening to the project several times, he decided that their sound would go well with the acts currently signed to SouthMade Records and pressed to have a contract sent out to the members of the group, the Soulja Boys.

The group signed the contract, but soon found they were not the object of the focus of the label. The A/R was behind his newly found group in all possible ways, trying to push them to hold a spot on the forefront of the label’s head acts. Through the first half of 2002, while working with the other acts on the label and also personally working to get the Soulja Boys a better chance with the label, he decided the label was not the best home for himself nor the Soulja Boys and resigned from his position, and between the group, the label and himself was able to get the Soulja Boys out of their contract.

Soon after their release, plans went into a new label. They didn’t feel they were being promoted right at their prior situation, so belief went into doing everything for themselves. The next several months again proved to be a struggle for the everyone involved. The label was organized, established and a business plan was created for the new company. This is when ShowTyme Entertainment, as it is now was formed.

DocQuinn worked with a number of DJ�s, artists, and producers to put together the foundation for the label. At the time Titanick was still involved with his position in the military, so his involvement was held down besides financial due to his distance from the company. DocQuinn soon realized that if they wanted to establish the company, they were going to have to do it on their own and not rely on anybody else to creatively impact the decisions and moves of ShowTyme Entertainment. Young Jay caught the attention of DocQuinn and he was brought onto the roster.

In mid to late 2003, DocQuinn hit the studio to begin work on his debut album Patiently Waiting. The project was coming along very smooth, but after sitting down with everyone they chose to change the direction of the label and go with releasing underground mixtapes, to build a fan base and not to drop an album on a dry market. At the label’s first executive meeting during the weekend of the Super Bowl in Houston in 2004, the game plan was devised and work began on the debut mixtape, Underground Shutdown.

The project came together fairly quickly and the finished product featured alot of artists the label had dealt with in the past. Just before the project was to be shipped to pressing, DocQuinn contacted West Coast icon JT The Bigga Figga about some business and was presented the idea of getting the CD pressed by his company and since the respect was there for such an influential person in the game. That decision ended up putting the CD release back several months due to it not being finished out West, having to get the master from them, and a bunch of other hold ups attributed to Get Low Records not completing their side of the deal.

During the set back, the artists steady recorded for upcoming projects, features, etc. The ShowTyme Entertainment name began to grow and alot of interest began swirling around the artists on the label. Underground Shutdown was pressed in the final quarter of 2004 and went on to move very respectable numbers. ShowTyme Entertainment was officially on the scene and building from there.

The new year of 2005 swung in at full gear with alot of different opportunities for the company. ShowTyme Entertainment continues to strive as an underground record label in a city spotlighted by the majors. With many underground mixtape releases planned for the year, tours in Canada, shows around the state and the South, ShowTyme Entertainment has the promise to be a major factor in the Houston underground for years to come. Team members have come and gone, but as the great Goodie Mob once said �One Monkey Don�t Stop No Show� or even 2 or 3 for that fact. The team is now stronger than ever and finally ready to do some real damage to the music industry.