CP Records

CP or Capital Prophet Records is a small Canadian independent record label. It was founded in 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by a young entrepreneur, Tony Sal. He is also the CEO of the enterprise. Tony Sal credits Belly for coming up with the name Capital Prophets Records.

CP Records has secured pan-Canadian distribution through Fontana North/Universal and international licensing and distribution deals in many countries including UK, United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Middle East and Asia among others. In 2007 it also launched "CP Asia Pacific" and "CP Middle East" to target specific areas for expansion and distribution of materials, and all this in a bid to showcase Canadian artists globally, and allow for more signings with future international acts.

There are presently three artists signed to CP Records, namely Belly, Danny Fernandes and Chris Labelle, after the departure of a major signed artist, namely Massari in 2007. CP Records has released todate three albums, one DVD, three mixtapes. CP Records former producer is Da Heala.

Belly
Belly (Rebellyus), real name Ahmad Balshe, is a Canadian rapper of Palestinian origin best knwonn for his album The Revolution and his single Pressure. He won the 2008 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year for the album. Also at the MMVA Much Music Video Awards, Belly won Best Rap Video, for 2 years in a row for his singles Pressure and Ridin'.

Danny Fernandes
Danny Fernandes is a Canadian R&B and pop artist of Portuguese origin. He is the brother of Canadian recording artist Shawn Desman. He is best known for his album Intro and three singles Curious featuring Juelz Santana, Private Dancer feat. Belly reaching #32 in the Canadian Hot 100 and thus far the most successful Fantasy reaching the Top 30 of Canadian Hot 100 at #28. On Much Music Countdown, Private Dancer reached #1 on Oct.30, 2008.

Chris Labelle
Chris Labelle is the newest artist signing for CP Records. His first album is due for release in 2009.

Former Artists Signed to CP Records
Massari, real name Sari Fawasi Abboud, a main artist for CP Records was a R&B, pop, and hip hop Canadian artist of Lebanese origin. He had major success with the label with his self titled album Massari and many singles, notably Smile for Me, Be Easy, Real Love and Rush the Floor, the latter actually featuring rapper Belly of CP Records before splitting. and signing for Universal Records Canada label for his second album.

CP Records Releases
Todate, CP Records has released under its name three albums, three mixtapes and one DVD. There is also currently one album in making by Belly.

Albums

 * Massari - Massari (2006) Debut Album
 * Belly - The Revolution (2007) Debut Album
 * Danny Fernandes - Intro (2008) Debut Album

Mixtapes

 * Belly - DBD Vol. 3 (feat. Big Mike)
 * Belly - DBD Vol. 2 (feat. DJ Slay Kay)
 * Belly - DBD Vol. 1 (feat. DJ Kool Kid)

DVDs

 * Massari - Road To Success

Awards
Major awards have been won by Massari and *Belly including a Juno Award as well a number of Much Music Video Awards (MMVAs) as follows
 * Massari - MMVA 2006 Best Pop Video for Be Easy
 * Belly - Juno Award 2008 for Hip Hop Recording of The Year)
 * Belly - MMVA 2007 (MuchVibe Best Rap Video for Pressure)
 * Belly - MMVA 2008 (MuchVibe Best Rap Video Ridin')

Singles:

 * Belly - Go Sens' Go (2006)
 * Massari - Be Easy (2006)
 * Massari - Real Love (2006)
 * Massari - Rush The Floor feat. Belly (2006)
 * Massari - Smile For Me feat. Loon (2006)
 * Belly - History of Violence (2006)
 * Belly - Pressure feat. Ginuwine (2006)
 * Belly - Don't Be Shy feat. Nina Sky (2007)
 * Belly - I'm The Man feat. Kurupt (2007)
 * Belly - Ridin' feat. Mario Winans (2007)
 * Belly - Smelly (2008)
 * Danny Fernandes - Curious feat. Juelz Santana (2008)
 * Danny Fernandes - Private Dancer feat. Belly (2008)
 * Danny Fernandes - Fantasy (2008)