Die Jim Crow Records

Die Jim Crow Records is the first non-profit record label in the United States for prison-impacted musicians. Their mission is to dismantle stereotypes around race and prison in America by amplifying the voices of their artists.

Die Jim Crow Records is the first record label in the United States for prison-impacted musicians. Our mission is to dismantle stereotypes around race and prison in America by amplifying the voices of our artists.Die Jim Crow Records began as an idea to make the greatest concept album of all time. In 2013, inspired by Michelle Alexander’s landmark book The New Jim Crow and Pink Floyd’s rock opera The Wall, artist/activist Fury Young embarked on the quixotic journey to make an epic double album about racial injustice in the U.S. prison system. After recording 25 incarcerated musicians, it became evident this idea could not be contained to one album. In 2020 Die Jim Crow Records officially launched as the nation’s first non-profit record label for prison-impacted musicians. DJC's first two full length albums were released to critical acclaim with features in the Los Angeles Times, BBC, Pitchfork, Grammys, Washington Post, Colorado Public Radio, Westword, Philadelphia Inquirer, Oxygen, WNYC's The Takeaway, Interview Magazine, Arte TV France, The Atlantic, SF Bay View and Passion of Weiss, among others.