Mack Maine Biography

Jermaine Preyan (born July 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Mack Maine, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. 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. He is the co-founder of Kush Entertainment and has also founded his own label, Soothe Your Soul Records.

Biography

Jermaine Murdock Moldova Jerrilson 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. At the 2008 Ozone Awards, he won the "Patiently Waiting: Louisiana" award.

In 2009, he performed with Lil Wayne on his "I Am Music" tour, performing every night in his own set, as well as mtvU's Spring Break 2009 concert. 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. Mack Maine appears on the Young Money collaboration album, including the first single, "Every Girl". 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." Maine was also featured on the music video of Playaz Circle's Hit song with Lil Wayne, "Duffle Bag Boy". On March 17, 2013 Mack Maine released the music video for "Celebrate" featuring Lil Wayne and Talib Kweli.

Legal issues

On September 16, 2013, Mack Maine charged with sexual battery following an incident that occurred on August 22 during Lil Wayne's "Amerika's Most Wanted" tour. Allegedly Maine invited two women onto a tour bus and when they were on it, he put his hand down one of their clothing grabbing her breast without her consent. TMZ says the documents claim that when they girls wanted to leave the bus, Maine reportedly held the door shut, and punched one of the females in her face, breaking her jaw. On September 20, 2013, Mack Maine voluntarily turned himself in to Oklahoma County police, and was released on 9,000 dollar bond.

Discography

Albums

• TBA: Maine 4 President

Mixtapes

• 2004: Young Money Vol. 1 (with Lil' Wayne & Curren$y)
• 2006: G-Series (with Curren$y)
• 2008: Mack Maine BOBO 101
• 2008: B!tch I'm Mack Maine (Freestyle 102)
• 2009: DJ Don Cannon Presents: This is Just a Mixtape
• 2010: DJ Rockstar Presents: The Laxative
• 2011: Billionaire Minds (with Birdman)
• 2012: Don't Let It Go Waste
• 2013: Freestyle 102: No Pens or Pads
• 2013: Food For Thought

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
		US	US R&B	US Rap	DEN
"Throw It Back" (featuring Lil Wayne)	2009	"?	"?	"?	"?		Maine 4 President
"All in One Swipe" (featuring Rick Ross and Birdman)	2010	"?	"?	"?	"?
"Celebrate" (featuring Lil Wayne and Talib Kweli)	2013	"?	"?	"?	"?
""?" denotes a recording that did not chart.

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
		US	US R&B	US Rap	CAN
"I Get Money" (Birdman featuring Lil Wayne, Mack Maine and T-Pain)	2011	"?	"?	"?	"?		Bigga Than Life
"B-Boyz" (Birdman featuring Mack Maine, Kendrick Lamar, Ace Hood and DJ Khaled)	2012	"?	"?	"?	"?		Billionaire Minds
"Dark Shades" (Birdman featuring Lil Wayne and Mack Maine)		"?	"?	"?	"?		Bigga Than Life
""?" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Shovlin' Snow"	2005	Birdman, Currensy, Lil Wayne	Fast Money
"Poppin them Bottles"	2006	Currensy, Lil Wayne	Dedication 2
"Ridin wit the AK"
"I Know The Future"	2007	Lil Wayne	The Drought Is Over 2 (The Carter 3 Sessions)
"Zoo"
"Dedication 3"	2008	Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Willie the Kid	Dedication 3
"A Million Lights"	2011	DJ Khaled, Kevin Rudolf, Tyga, Jae Millz, Cory Gunz	We the Best Forever
"As Da World Turns"	2012	Gudda Gudda, Lil Wayne	Guddaville 3
"Don't Pay 4 It"		DJ Khaled, Wale, Tyga, Kirko Bangz	Kiss the Ring
"Money to Make"	2013	Birdman, Rick Ross	The H
"Feelat"		Cory Gunz	Datz WTF I'm Talkin Bout
"Dreams Come True"		Yo Gotti, Ace Hood, Birdman	Rich Gang
"Angel"		Lil Wayne, Mystikal, Jae Millz, Ace Hood, Gudda Gudda, Birdman