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Video: Gudda Gudda & Mack Maine Interview With Peter Parker

Danny M — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:52:45 +0000

Before Gudda Gudda got his chain snatched in Minnesota (after the jump), he and Mack Maine chopped it up with Mr. Peter Parker backstage to chat about Nicki Minaj and how she has evolved as an artist, Lil Wayne’s upcoming Tha Carter IV album, upcoming tours, and the Drake and Weezy collabo album. Gudda also says that he will be dropping his Guddaville 3 mixtape in two weeks, which will be hosted by DJ Drama.

Spotted at YK2

Gudda and Mack perform “Every Girl” and “Bed Rock” starting at the 3:20 mark, and then someone snatches Gudda‘s chain. Gudda chases after him and probably fucked him up!

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Mack Maine Interview With XXL Magazine

Danny M — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:31:19 +0000

Here is an interview XXL Magazine recently did with YM President Mack Maine. They discuss Mack‘s The Laxative mixtape, being the president of Young Money, Birdman and their White Boyz collabo mixtape, Lil Wayne and his release, YM Debit Cards, and more.

XXLMag.com: You just dropped The Laxative mixtape; what prompted that release?

Mack Maine: Yeah, it was just some old shit, though. That’s why I called it The Laxative, man, that’s songs from like ’07, ’08. We clearing that out before I start the new shit. A lot of them songs are old. I got like over 200 songs sittin’ in my computer and like 100 sittin’ in this iPod. I was listening to some of that shit and it’s not old to new ears, so I was like let me put some of that out. And they’re loving it and I didn’t explain the concept yet, so I think they think it’s up to date or something.

Also if you really listen to it there are a lot of imperfections on the tape and I love it like that because it’s raw. It don’t have ad-libs on a lot of songs. A lot of people don’t know, that whole mixtape, I actually freestyled it. I know how to come up with a verse without writing and thinking my verse in my head. But what I mean by freestyle, I actually went into the booth and didn’t know what I was gonna say. And it was one-take; I don’t really punch in at all. I did a tape called Freestyle 101 a long time ago. I was a battle cat when I was younger… There’s not a lot of time for me to record all the time. I go to the studio 12 at night and I might have a conference call at eight or nine in the morning. So I’m leaving the studio at like six in the morning.

You started out as a rapper clearly, but you’ve grown so much more on the business side. How hard is it to balance that out?

It’s a challenge, but it’s kinda natural for me. I might go in the studio and in the same night I’m playing exec and artist, because I actually sit back and listen to some beats. The other day Lil’ Chuckee text me like, “I need some beats.” So I had to go and check my email and see what beats might fit him, then I might hear a beat that fits me and go in and do a song right quick. And then I’m back out listening to beats again like, “This might go for this person.” So even when I’m in artist mode, I’m still in exec mode.

So as Young Money’s President, what is your day-to-day like? Can you break it down?

I’m just gonna give you an example of today. I talked to Pharrell, tryna to negotiate for Tyga’s album. He has four tracks on Tyga’s album, so I have to make sure he gets paid for that. Tyga sent me his track listing today, so I’m sitting back trying to figure out in my head an estimated number like, “Is he gonna be over budget,” basically. He has four tracks from Pharrell, one from Banner, a few features, so I’m calculating numbers in my head to see where he’s at with that. Also, I’m on the phone tryna to schedule the events for Wayne’s coming home party in Miami. We weren’t gonna do one in Vegas, because we had a promoter guy and at the last minute he dropped the ball on it. Now a new offer came in for Vegas, so I’m trying to see what we’re gonna do with that. I’ve been on conference call with Baby all day, texting back and forth, emailing trying to get that together. I wake up expecting the unexpected. I never know what tomorrow will consist of in total. I know I have a few things I have to handle, but I can get a call at any moment about anything. I’m also trying to finalize the Young Money debit cards.

Yeah, YM debit cars, that’s pretty crazy.

I dropped the video, “All In One Swipe.” Honestly the cards stand out more than me in the video. I wanted it like that. I’m trying to promote heavy with that. When they finish watching that video I don’t want them to be like, “Oh, Mack Maine was cute.” I want them to be like, “I need one of those cards.” That’s what I’m worried about; money over fame, fortune over fame.

That’s a real hustler’s ambition, when did you start developing that?

It’s something you’re kinda born with. Also you grew up around it and also a lot of the great hustlers in music business were actually hustlers before they hustled music. No matter if it was illegal stuff, or legal stuff; whatever you did, you always had that ambition and drive before music. Especially when you come from almost nothing. When you look at the Jay-Z’s, the Baby’s, the Master P’s—people who were born with nothing, you want to make sure you never go back to that feeling of being broke.

Speaking of Birdman, what’s up with the White Boyz mixtape?

It’s coming in a few days, Halloween… No delays. We got a few songs on there where we’re talkin’ about free Weezy. He’ll be home November 4th, so you have to make sure all that shit get out to make sure it’s relevant and up to date. You can’t be hollering that after November 4th, you might as well can that song or change the verse.

What’s the plan for the day Wayne’s released? Are you gonna bring the tour bus to Rikers?

No, no tour bus. It’s like picking up a king. We gonna make sure everything is straight; jets and luxury cars, red carpet and probably beautiful women and just make sure that he’s treated like straight royalty. We ain’t gonna have the whole family up. The bosses are gonna be there and the immediate family. We gonna do it how we do it from there. Straight from there we’ll probably shoot to Miami, or we might go straight to Arizona. He has court on the 5th. We’ll go to court and then we’ll probably be shooting to the next city on the 7th, which is that Sunday.

What’s been the hardest part with Wayne in jail? We know it hasn’t been easy, but with Drake and Nicki and the I Am Not A Human Being album, YM/CM has been doing pretty damn good.

As far as myself, that’s my little brother. Everybody knows our bond. As long as we been together, we rock how we rock. The day-to-day basis you lose your best friend and your little brother, that’s hard for me on a personal level. As far as the business side, it’s not like he died and I talk to him like four times a day. So it was the same if I need to ask for advice on somebody’s project or if I had to let him know what was going on. I also made sure I saw him at least once or twice a month. As far as some of the artists, I used to get texts in the middle of the night like, “Mack, I miss him.” Or somebody would need advice, or help on a verse. As far as the business side we pretty much kept everything intact, me, Tez, Slim and Baby. And Wayne, too, I asked him for different advice. We didn’t really miss anything on that side, but personally his presence, him being in the studio, him coming up with a hook for somebody or being a mentor to the artists. He couldn’t talk to them on the phone all the time. I tried to call them on three-way if they needed to speak to him. He’s great with advice. Who else is better to give advice than someone who has been in the game for 17 years?

You are very close to Wayne, do you ever feel like people come at you just to get to him? When do you know that people are genuinely interested in Mack Maine? How do you handle that?

Being that close, it’s kinda like a gift and a curse to be honest. A lot of people out here would like to be in my shoes. There are quote-unquote benefits. But I never asked for anything, I never in my life have asked for anything. I’ve earned everything I get. The curse is kinda like, you have to decipher who’s who and what’s what. A lot of people come at you for the wrong reasons; just to get close. You also have a lot of haters like, “Oh, you wouldn’t be shit.” Things that I’ve learned and earned in my life are things that I’ve learned and earned. And I’m actually beneficial. And that’s my little bro, so there are a lot of things that he’s learned from me too. There are a lot of things that we learned from each other. Sometimes you are only as good as your surrounding cast. Obviously Wayne can’t go sit in every meeting and he can’t go do a lot of things that I can go do because of who he is. I’m able to go talk to CW and different T.V. channels or negotiate this and handle my business for him and all of Young Money. Also I learned a lot from Baby growing up too, I didn’t just start coming around. As Wayne grew in rap, I grew in the business. I knew that I could help lead this shit.

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Mack Maine & Birdman Cover The Source Magazine

Danny M — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:29:46 +0000

Young Money’s President Mack Maine and Cash Money’s President Birdman cover The Source‘s latest October/November issue, “Power 30“. After the jump, you can watch a video of Mack speaking about making the front cover of the magazine on the red carpet at the BET Hip Hop Awards.

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Video: Mack Maine Interview With Big Mouths

Danny M — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:49:08 +0000

Nate Russ from Big Mouths talks with Mack Maine during Caribana in Toronto and they discussed women, being president of Young Money, BB gun wars, Mannie Fresh, his upcoming album, Twitter, Nicki Minaj vs Kim Kardashian, and plenty more.

Spotted at hustleGRL

Previously: Video: Mack Maine Interview At Big Special’s House

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Video: Mack Maine Interview With Ms. Angie

Danny M — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:05:27 +0000

Young Money’s President Mack Maine sits down with Ms. Angie for an interview while he was in Canada earlier this week. This was a very good interview and I learned a few interesting things that I didn’t know before.

They speak about Mack starting his career in the music game, growing up with Lil Wayne and Cash Money, the record with T-Pain called “Ghetto Commandments”, what we can expect from his album, singing, his “All In One Swipe” music video, relationships with women, “100″ (which Mack has tatted on him) and what it means, how he markets Young Money, work ethic, Cory Gunz and his plans on Young Mula, Nicki Minaj and her Pink Friday album, Tyga and how he got signed to the label, Kush Entertainment, Soothe Your Soul Records and plenty more. Part 2 of the interview is after the jump:

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Video: Mack Maine & Birdman Give Updates On YMCMB

Danny M — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:34:55 +0000

In the video above, Cash Money President Birdman and Young Money President Mack Maine gives us fans an update on what we can be looking out for this year from the YMCMB team! They give us some mixtape release dates, info on singles dropping, and some upcoming videos we can be checking out for. Any time now, we can be expecting Drake’s “Miss Me” music video, Ashley Ring’s “Moving Target” video (Wayne shot his parts before he went to prison), and a Shanell single with a video called “So Good” featuring Tunechi and Drizzy.

Shouts to DG

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Mack Maine & Tyga Stopped By The Source Headquarters

Danny M — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:24:05 +0000

Young Mula’s Mack Maine and Tyga stopped by The Source Headquarters to talk about the rise of Young Money, and Lil Wayne‘s jail sentence. You can see the interview above, and hit the jump to see Hip-Hop Wired‘s interview with Mack Maine were they talk about the Young Money roster, handling the business operations, and his plans to keep the label at the top while Wayne takes his forced vacation.

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Video: Young Money Ent Hits The Roots Jam Session

Danny M — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:13:08 +0000

Mack Maine, Lil Twist and Shanell hit the red carpet and prepare to hit the stage for the GRAMMY Awards 6th Annual Jam Session presented by the Roots. BlackTree TVs Kash Howard catches up with the President of Young Money along with Shanell and Lil Twist to find out the secret behind the new talent, how is it working with Lil Wayne, and what can we expect from Young Money.

Spotted at Young Kingz

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Mack Maine Talks About Lil Wayne Being Prepared For Prison

Danny M — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:40:31 +0000

Young Money’s Mack Maine talks to Vlad TV about Lil Wayne being prepared for prison, and also talks about the evolution of Young Money/Cash Money.

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Mack Maine Interview With Vlad TV + Performance With Birdman & Jay Sean On Jimmy Kimmel Live

Danny M — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:04:26 +0000

Young Money‘s President Mack Maine speaks to VladTV.com about Nicki Minaj being the ‘Best Female Artist‘, and also about her having stage fright when she began touring with Young Mula.

Hit the jump to watch Birdman, Jay Sean, and Mack Maine perform “Written On Her” on Jimmy Kimmel Live:

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