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[/float]Nach ihrem [ssuche]50 Cent[/ssuche] Hit "21 Questions" produzierten Midi Mafia so ziemlich jeden (z.B. Talib Kweli, Mini Ben-Ari, Young Buck, Nelly und Noreaga) im Bizz. Anfang des Jahres haben sie nun ihr eigenes Label Family Ties Records bei Atlantic Records untergebracht. Erster Act von Bruce Wayne und Dirty Swift, auch aufgrund ihrer verschiedenen Hautfarben das "Ebony and Ivory production duo" genannt, ist die R'n'B Sängerin Deemi:
Neben dem Produzieren von "A-list Artists" arbeiten Midi auch weiterhin mit Underground-Acts zusammen. Zuletzt produzierten sie unter anderem für Jean Gra und Stimuli. Der Midi Mafia geht es dabei nicht um das Geld, sondern sie wollen talentierten MC's helfen und ihnen helfen sich weiterzuentwickeln:"Deemi is something we've been developing for like 4 years. Everything just happened. We played one song. We had a hook and they just opened up a budget like that. When the merger happened, it just so happened that the buzz on Deemi in the industry was so crazy that Atlantic wanted her too. We weren't that nervous because we had something that Atlantic wanted. We were like a top priority for them.
Quelle: www.sohh.com"Part of it came from being part of the 50 Cent movement and capitalizing on something from the ground floor up. We like to participate in artist development. If we find a new artist, help break them. We did Stimuli, Jean Grae cause that's people. It's not really about money. If we get a call from Nelly, he's gonna do him. There's not gonna be a whole lot of input, a whole lot of creative development with Nelly, but if you find somebody that's young it really has a lot to do with molding him and actually producing the record."