Bryan O. Thomas, to the audience known by the stage name of Mannie Fresh, is a famous American rap artist, record producer, as well as a disc jockey. As a producer, Mannie Fresh is best known for his involvement with the “Cash Money Records” music label, which was founded in 1991 by Brian Williams, known as Birdman, and Ronald Slim Williams. Mannie Fresh joined the record label in 1993, and worked as a production head and resident producer until 2005. Most of the records released through “Cash Money” at the time were produced solely by Mannie Fresh. Over the years, Fresh has worked with such well-known artists as Lil Wayne, Young Buck, Juvenile, and others. Currently, “Cash Money Recordings” label has employed several more in-house producers, namely Cool & Dre, “The Renegades”, “The Beat Bully” and Bangladesh to name a few.
Mannie Fresh Net Worth $15 Million
In 2004, Mannie Fresh went on to release his own debut studio album entitled “The Mind of Mannie Fresh”, which on release peaked at #47 on the Billboard 200 music chart, and was met with rather favorable reviews from AllMusic website, “Pop Matters” and “Rolling Stone” magazines. “The Mind of Mannie Fresh” also featured guest performances from Lil Wayne, Birdman, R. Kelly, and Petey Pablo.
A famous record producer and a rap artist, how rich is Mannie Fresh? According to sources, Mannie Fresh’s net worth is estimated to be $15 million, most of which has come from his involvement in the music industry as a producer, as well as a rapper.
Mannie Fresh was born in 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fresh had been interested in music since his childhood, hence, when he was nine years old he started performing as a DJ during various local events and parties. This eventually led to Fresh meeting with MC Gregory D, a disc jockey as well as a rap artist. Together with Greg Duvernay (known as MC Gregory D), Mannie Fresh recorded an album called “Throwdown”, which came out in 1987. Fresh served as the producer on the album, while MC Gregory D recorded the lyrics. Fresh and Gregory D had worked on several other projects, yet none of them managed to attract a lot of public attention.
In 1993, Mannie Fresh was approached by Brian Williams, a co-founder of the “Cash Money Records”, who offered him the chance of working at the company as the producer. Aside from “Cash Money Records”, Fresh was able to establish his own company called “Chubby Boy Records”, under which he released his second studio album entitled “Return of the Ballin’ which came out in 2009, and featured guest performances from Rick Ross, Lil Jon and Russell Lee. “Return of the Ballin’” managed to spawn two singles, namely “Like a Boss” and “Drought”, both of which contributed to the sales of the album.
Currently, Mannie Fresh is signed to “Def Jam South” record label, which was founded in 1999, by a business magnate Russell Simmons.
A well-known record producer, as well as a rap artist, Mannie Fresh has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
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