Young Money: Rise of an Empire is the label’s second compilation album, released on March 11th, 2014. This marks the label’s first compilation release in almost 5 years, since We Are Young Money, which released on December 21st, 2009. It features production from producers, such as 40, d.a. got that dope, and Lex Luger as well as featuring various artists from the Young Money label, such as Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj. The album features guest artists, such as Yo Gotti and Meek Mill, as well as Cash Money Records owner, Birdman. On January 22nd, 2014, the CEO of the Young Money label, Cortez Bryant, sent out a press release announcing that a second compilation album would be out titled Young Money: Rise of an Empire and would be released on March 11th, 2014. He stated in the release that the label doesn’t plan on stopping and would be expanding the empire with the next generation of artists rising. We Are Young Money helped launch the careers of our first generation of acts with Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Tyga. Even though we’ve been honored with accolades as a company, our hunger hasn’t diminished or dwindled. We’re hungrier than ever, and we’re still building. That goes hand-in-hand with the title Young Money: Rise Of An Empire. We’re not going anywhere. We don’t plan on stopping— ever. Our goal is the expansion of this empire with the next generation of kings and queens ruling. On January 26th, 2014, Birdman confirmed to Sway Calloway of MTV News that every artist signed to Young Money would be on the album. The album’s artwork was revealed on February 15th, 2014, with the tracklist releasing the following days. The album was finally released to all platforms on March 11th, 2014. Three singles were released prior to this album On January 22nd, 2014, the day that the album was revealed, Young Money released the first single, “We Alright” featuring Lil Wayne, Birdman, and the label’s new signee, Euro. The music video was released on February 15th, 2014. “Senile”, featuring Tyga, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne was originally slated for a single, however due to Tyga’s fourth studio album not coming out till later in the year, the label decided to not release the song as a single. Tyga later revealed the cover art to the track on February 10th, 2014, and also confirmed that it would be released on February 17th, 2014, however it was pushed back slightly. On February 24th, 2014, it was released as a promotional single, which later ended up being on the album. The music video was later uploaded on April 13th, 2014. On February 27th, 2014, two new singles were released for the album. Drake’s “Trophies” and Nicki Minaj’s “Lookin Ass”. Both were later released as radio singles, the following month.