Tommy Boy Entertainment was founded January 2002 as the successor to Tommy Boy Music. Founder Tom Silverman wanted to concentrate on the records he wanted to make without the further interference of Warner Music, which wanted greater unit sales than Tommy Boy was producing. In ending their relationship, Warner Music kept the rights all Tommy Boy Music product released until 2002. Rhino/Atlantic handles that back catalog. Tommy Boy Entertainment's focus has been primarily dance music, but it still releases hip-hop music occasionally. Tommy Boy Entertainment also licenses the use of its logo to Warner Music for the older releases and the reissues on Rhino/Atlantic.

Important note: Add only Tommy Boy Entertainment releases to this label, which has a UPC prefix of 66186. If your Tommy Boy title has a UPC prefix of 01699, 07599, 09362, 08122, or 05439, it belongs to Tommy Boy Music, which is part of Warner Music. Tommy Boy Entertainment releases have a catalog-number pattern of TB XXXX-X, the -X being a -0, -1, -2, or -4. It is an independently owned and distributed label.