Mack Maine

Mack Maine
At General Motors Place concert in Vancouver.
Background information
Birth name	Jermaine Preyan
Born	July 28, 1983 (1983-07-28) (age 28)
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Occupations	Rapper, President of Young Money Entertainment
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown, Interscope Records
Associated acts	Lil Wayne, Birdman, Jae Millz, T-Pain, Young Money, Nicki Minaj, Drake, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Curren$y
Website	Official website

Jermaine Preyan, (born July 28, 1983), known by his stage name Mack Maine, is an American rapper and singer. Mack Maine is signed to Young Money Entertainment, an imprint of Birdman's Universal Motown-distributed Cash Money Records, and is currently the president of the label.^[1] He is the co-founder of Kush Entertainment and has also founded his own label, Soothe Your Soul Records.^[2]

Biography

Jermaine Preyan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He formed a friendship with Dwayne Carter aka Lil Wayne at the age of eleven. In 2003, he placed 16th out of a thousand contestants in a freestyle battle hosted by MTV; this, combined with a backstage performance at the 2004 BET Awards with Cassidy,led him to becoming a founding member of Young Money Entertainment with Lil Wayne in 2005. In 2008, Mack Maine appeared on the official remix of Lil Wayne's third single from Tha Carter III, "Got Money," and performed the song with Wayne on Saturday Night Live on September 14.^[2] At the 2008 Ozone Awards, he won the "Patiently Waiting: Louisiana" award.^[3]

In 2009, he performed with Lil Wayne on his "I Am Music" tour, performing every night in his own set,^[4] as well as mtvU's Spring Break 2009 concert.^[5] He also released a mixtape presented by Don Cannon entitled This Is Just a Mixtape, featuring appearances from Lil Wayne, Mistah Fab, Gorilla Zoe, Pleasure P, Rick Ross, Mystikal, and Soulja Slim.^[2][4] Mack Maine appears on the Young Money collaboration album, including the first single, "Every Girl".^[6][7] Along with Birdman, Slim, Cortez Bryant, and other past and present Cash Money artists, he starred in Lil Wayne's Behind the Music episode, which premiered September 11, 2009.

In March 2010, Mack Maine appeared with Snoop Dogg on T-Pain's single, "Ghetto Commandments."^[8] Maine was also featured on the music video of Playaz Circle's Hit song with Lil Wayne, "Duffle Bag Boy".

Discography

Albums

• 2011: Maine 4 President^[4]

Mixtapes

• 2006: G-Series (with Curren$y)^[4]
• 2008: Mack Maine BOBO 101^[4]
• 2008: B!tch I'm Mack Maine (Freestyle 102)^[4]
• 2009: DJ Don Cannon Presents: This is Just a Mixtape^[2][9][10]
• 2010: DJ Rockstar Presents: The Laxative

Songs

• 2008: "Got Money (Remix)" (Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain & Mack Maine)^[2]
• 2009: "Always Strapped (Remix)" (Birdman feat. Lil Wayne & Mack Maine)
• 2009: "Every Girl" (Young Money Entertainment: performed by Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda, & Mack Maine)^[7][9]
• 2009: "Throw It Back" (Mack Maine feat. Lil Wayne)
• 2009: "Written On Her (Remix)" (Birdman feat. Jay Sean, Flo Rida & Mack Maine)
• 2009: "Southside (Remix) (Birdman feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne & Mack Maine)
• 2009: "Ms. Parker (Young Money Entertainment: performers (Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, Gudda Gudda)
• 2009: "Girl You Nasty" (Mack Maine feat. Gorilla Zoe)
• 2010: "Ghetto Commandments" (T-Pain feat. Snoop Dogg & Mack Maine)
• 2010: "All In One Swipe" (Mack Maine feat. Rick Ross, & Birdman)
• 2010: "My Reality" (Lil Wayne feat. Gudda Gudda, & Mack Maine)
• 2011: "I Get Money" (Birdman feat. Lil Wayne, T-Pain & Mack Maine)

Featured Songs

• 2009: "Come Down The Pole" (Short Dawg feat. Mack Maine)

References

1. ^ Lil Wayne’s Presidential Homey, KJMM 105.3 FM. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Fleischer, Adam. Mack Maine: Mainstreamin', XXL. Published January 16, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
3. ^ Reid, Shaheem. Rick Ross, T-Pain, Big Boi, David Banner Rock Ozone Awards In Houston Despite Pre-Show Scuffle, MTV News. Published August 12, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f} New Mack Maine Interview – Talks About YM Album, Every Girl Music Video & More, NewLilWayne.com. Published March 27, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
5. ^ Mack Maine, mtvU. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
6. ^ Langhorne, Cyrus. Mannie Fresh On Hot Boys Reunion, "It's Gotta Be Right", SOHH. Published April 16, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
7. ^ ^{a b} Eminem, Lil Wayne: Billboard Bits, Billboard. Published April 7, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
8. ^ T-Pain Gives His 'Ghetto Commandments', Vibe. Published March 23, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
9. ^ ^{a b} Carter, Jay. Mack Maine: It's My Time, 24hourhiphop.com. Published April 12, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
10. ^ Garland, Maurice. Mack Maine X Don Cannon-This Is Just A Mixtape, Ozone Magazine. Published January 21, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Mack Maine on Myspace

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Name	Maine, Mack
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Date of birth	July 28, 1985
Place of birth	New Orleans, Louisiana
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