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Bear Gang Records is a record label established in December of 2017 by a mostly anonymous internet user known as Richter. The label began with 3 members, Bigs Gavino, Richter, and dRedder. The first track released under the label was Flick by Bigs Gavino. Prior songs made by all artists were licensed to the label.

Origin The labels name originated from a joke song produced and edited by Richter. The song, "F*** A Bear" sampled the character Scout from Team Fortress 2. The song was a hit with Richter's fans on SoundCloud. The gang portion of the name was added to distinguish between already established Bear Records and it was decided to be Bear Gang taking inspiration from 6ix9ine's signature tag Scum Gang. In some songs published on the label, someone yells "Bear Gang" in a similar fashion to that of 6ix9ine's.

Growth The initial 3 members were Bigs Gavino, Richter, and dRedder. The other members were picked up in various ways. Landy was the first person picked up by the label. In Bigs Gavino's early career, he had multiple songs with Landy, and the CEO, Richter, decided to sign Landy after he did a verse for a remix of Bigs Gavino's Flick, although the remix was never released due to technical faults. The next to be picked up was another Wisconsin rapper. BGR Sleezy, later called Yung Brinks, would record his first track in January of 2018. The song was recorded over an instrumental called "Designer Clothes" produced by Type Beat producer Bricks On Da Beat. The song was titled "Smoke Out My Bag" and Sleezy was not comfortable with its release, even after Richter remastered the track and put an original beat behind it titled "30GLOCKS."