Dante Ross (born October 11, 1967 in San Francisco, California) is an American music industry executive, A&R representative, and producer. He was named one of the top-25 greatest A&R representatives in hip hop by Complex magazine. Ross started his A&R career at Tommy Boy records, at which he signed and handled the careers of such artists as De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and Digital Underground. Ross was then hired by Elektra Records and was the architect of its hip hop roster, at which he signed Brand Nubian, Grand Puba, Pete Rock & C.L Smooth, KMD, Leaders of the New School, Busta Rhymes and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. He is currently a VP of A&R ADA Music the independent distribution company owned by the Warner Music Group. He is also an A&R consultant at Atlantic records.