Beat Factory
 Beat Factory was a Canadian urban music management/production company and independent record label based in Toronto Ontario. In 1982 Beat Factory was founded by Ivan Berry and songwriter Rupert Gayle. Throughout the 1980s and '90s Beat Factory managed the top urban music artists in Canada. In 1988 Berry signed Michie Mee to an international record deal with Atlantic Records making her the first Canadian hip hop artist signed to a major label.