Federal Moguls

Federal Moguls are an eclectic hip-hop duo from the suburban Philadelphia area consisting of Q-Ball (DJ/producer and vocalist for Universal Records artists The Bloodhound Gang) and Troy Walsh (Burblife Records, Sunset Records, The Weekend Warriors). Federal Moguls is also the name of a hypothetical investment agency, administered by the duo. Federal Moguls were inadvertently born when a simple mixtape collaboration between Walsh and Ball ended up yielding almost an album’s worth of material. After reviewing the music created in this collaboration, the two executives realized the potential of their endeavor and decided to establish their own investment agency. In early 2008, Federal Moguls opened their doors to the public and digitally released the initial version of their debut record High Risk Investment Planning for free download. Later that year, Federal Moguls were approached by Don Lichterman (president and owner of Sunset Records) in regard to releasing the Moguls products and services worldwide. Shortly thereafter, an agreement was reached and their debut LP was set for a December 16, 2008 international release. The Moguls' debut LP High Risk Investment Planning, was co-produced by Q-Ball and Patrick Nissley, the lead singer of Island/DefJam act InnerPartySystem. In addition, J.J. Sinatra (Jimmy Franks/Universal Records) functions as the Moguls' senior sales associate and Dave Vegas serves as the Moguls' head of resource and development.