Maybach Music Group

Maybach Music Group
Parent company	Warner Music Group
Founded	2009
Founder	Rick Ross
Distributor(s)	Atlantic Records (2013-) Warner Bros. Records (2011-13) Def Jam Recordings (2009-11)
Genre	Hip Hop
Country of origin	United States of America
Location	Miami, Florida
Official website	mmgselfmade.com

Maybach Music Group (MMG) is a record label imprint founded by American rapper Rick Ross. Maybach Music Group albums were formerly distributed by Warner Bros. Records, which took over distribution following the expiration of a deal with Def Jam Recordings. As of December 12, 2012 the labels releases are now distributed by Atlantic Records. 17 solo and 3 compilation albums have been released by Maybach Music Group, including five certified Gold albums. The label is home to artists such as Ross himself, Wale, Meek Mill, Omarion and Gunplay and Torch, among others. The label has also had 6 albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 such as Deeper Than Rap, God Forgives, I Don't, and Mastermind by Rick Ross, The Gifted and The Album About Nothing by Wale and Dreams Worth More Than Money by Meek Mill.

History

2009-2011

Maybach Music Group released its first album in the summer of 2009, which was Rick Ross' third studio album Deeper Than Rap. After the release, Ross focused more on signing artists to his label, in the process discovering musicians such as Masspike Miles & hip hop group Triple C's who consists of members Gunplay, Torch, & Young Breed. On October 27, 2009, Ross released Triple C's debut studio album Custom Cars & Cycles through Def Jam. In 2010, MMG issued Teflon Don, with another album titled Color, Cut & Clarity by Triple C's also scheduled for distribution, however was delayed and has yet to be released.

Also in 2010, Ross made an offer to rapper Wiz Khalifa to sign to Maybach Music Group. Khalifa at the time was already signed with Atlantic Records.^[1] In 2011, Ross confirmed that he intended to launch Maybach Music Jamaica along with Maybach Music Latino.^[2] He also signed Maybach Music Group's first reggae artist, Magazeen. On March 25, 2011, it was announced that R&B & Soul singer Teedra Moses had signed to Maybach Music Group via Warner Bros. Records as its first female artist.^[3] On May 23, 2011, Maybach Music Group released the album Self Made Vol. 1, featuring Rick Ross with Maybach's new roster additions, Wale, Meek Mill, Teedra Moses, Pill, and Stalley along with Torch and Gunplay of Triple C's.

2012-present

On January 2, 2012, while in the studio with Rick Ross, French Montana announced that he had signed a joint venture deal with Maybach Music Group and Bad Boy Records with Rick Ross and Diddy set to executive produce his debut album. It was announced that his debut album Excuse My French would be released in Fall 2012 through Interscope Records.^[4] On February 4, 2012, Rick Ross spoke about the departure of Pill from Maybach Music Group and revealed that Pill was never actually signed to Maybach Music Group. Pill was already signed to Warner Bros. prior to Maybach Music Group and it was Warner executives who proposed the idea of Pill joining. Ross says that they worked out a one-year deal, were Pill would be part of the team and after the year was up, it would be up to Warner Bros. Records to decide if he stayed or not. ^[5] On May 2, 2012, Rick Ross would go on to sign Omarion to the Maybach Music Group. He also announced that Self Made Vol. 2 would be released on June 26, 2012 and God Forgives, I Don't would be released on July 31, 2012.^[6]

On June 22, 2012, while promoting Self Made Vol. 2, Rick Ross said that Gunplay signed a solo deal with Def Jam and that more material would be released from Gunplay leading up to his debut album.^[7] There have been rumors that rapper Dom Kennedy or Nipsey Hussle were in talks on joining the label but when asked about the rumors Ross stated that he was a fan of them, but is not yet signed to Maybach Music Group.^[8] On July 12, 2012 after rumors that rapper Rockie Fresh was in talks to joining the label, Ross confirmed that Rockie Fresh was the newest addition to Maybach Music Group. Rockie Fresh released a mixtape entitled Electric Highway that dropped January 21, 2013 as his first project released under the imprint.^[9]

On December 11, 2012, Ross announced that his label, MMG was leaving Warner Bros. Records and that the label is moving to Atlantic Records. Ross is, however, signed as a solo artist to Epic Records.^[10] On June 2, 2013, Rick Ross revealed an album cover and announced that Maybach Music Group will be releasing their third collaboration album, Self Made Vol. 3 on August 6, 2013.^[11] On June 3, 2013, three songs, all to appear on the album, "Poor Decisions", "God Is Great" and "Oil Money Gang" were released. On June 4, 2013, a video for each of the 3 songs were uploaded to the group's official YouTube page.^[12] Self Made Vol. 3 was released to generally positive reviews on September 17, 2013. The same day Stalley released his first retail project Honest Cowboy EP. On November 6, 2013, MMG announced that they had signed Washington DC rapper Fat Trel^[13]

Artists

Current artists Rick Ross (Founder) Triple C's (Gunplay, Torch, Young Breed) Meek Mill Wale Stalley Omarion Gunplay Rockie Fresh Fat Trel Tracy T Anuel AA

Former artists Pill (2011-12) Teedra Moses (2011-14)

Discography

The following is a list of albums released through Maybach Music Group, various album distributors are noted below.

Artist	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Sales
			US	US R&B	US Rap	CAN
Rick Ross	Deeper Than Rap	Released: April 21, 2009 Label: Maybach, Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide Format: CD, LP, Digital Download	1	1	1	23		439,000[14]
Triple C's	Custom Cars & Cycles	Released: October 27, 2009 Label: Maybach, Def Jam Format: CD, Digital Download	44	5	2	—		48,000 [15]
Rick Ross	Teflon Don	Released: July 20, 2010 Label: Maybach, Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide Format: CD, Digital Download	2	2	2	17	RIAA: Gold[16]	799,000[17]
Maybach Music Group	Self Made Vol. 1	Released: May 23, 2011 Label: Maybach, Warner Bros. Format: CD, Digital Download	5	1	1	—		247,000
Wale	Ambition	Released: November 1, 2011 Label: Maybach, Warner Bros. Format: CD, Digital Download	2	1	1	—	RIAA: Gold[18]	500,000[19]
Maybach Music Group	Self Made Vol. 2	Released: June 26, 2012 Label: Maybach, Warner Bros. Format: CD, Digital Download	4	1	1	37		285,000
Rick Ross	God Forgives, I Don't	Released: July 31, 2012 Label: Maybach, Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide Format: CD, LP, Digital Download	1	1	1	1	RIAA: Gold[16]	570,000
Meek Mill	Dreams and Nightmares	Released: October 30, 2012 Label: Maybach, Warner Bros. Format: CD, Digital Download	2	1	1	6	RIAA: Gold[20]	420,000
French Montana	Excuse My French	Released: May 21, 2013 Label: Maybach, Coke Boys, Interscope, Bad Boy Format: CD, Digital Download	4	1	1	11		162,000[21]
Wale	The Gifted	Released: June 25, 2013 Label: Maybach, Atlantic Format: CD, Digital Download	1	1	1	10		400,000[22]
Maybach Music Group	Self Made Vol. 3	Released: September 17, 2013 Label: Maybach, Atlantic Label: CD, Digital Download	4	1	1	—		114,000
Stalley	Honest Cowboy EP	Released: September 17, 2013 Label: Maybach, Atlantic Format: Digital Download	—	41	—	—
Rick Ross	Mastermind	Released: March 4, 2014 Label: Maybach, Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide Format: CD, Digital Download	1	1	1	5		420,000
Stalley	Ohio	Released: October 27, 2014 Label: Maybach, Atlantic Format: CD, Digital Download	35	5	5	—		10,000
Rick Ross	Hood Billionaire	Released: November 24, 2014 Label: Maybach, Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide Format: CD, Digital Download	6	2	2	—		175,000[23][24]
Omarion	Sex Playlist	Released: December 2, 2014 Label: Maybach, Atlantic Formats: CD, Digital Download	49	5	—	—		44,000
Wale	The Album About Nothing	Released: March 31, 2015 Label: Maybach, Atlantic, Every Blue Moon Formats: CD, Digital Download	1	1	1	—		198,000
Meek Mill	Dreams Worth More Than Money	Released: June 29, 2015[25] Label: Maybach, Atlantic Formats: CD, Digital Download	1	1	1	1	RIAA: Gold[26]	800,000
Gunplay	Living Legend	Released: July 31, 2015[27] Label: Maybach, Def Jam Formats: CD, Digital Download	171	17	11	—
Rick Ross	Black Market	Released: December 4, 2015 Label: Maybach, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam Formats: CD, Digital Download	6	2	2	68		85,000

Upcoming releases

The following are confirmed albums that currently have no official release date.

Artist	Album	Details
Omarion	Reasons[28]	Release date: 2017
Maybach Music Group	Self Made 4[29]	Release date: 2017
Wale	Shine[30]	Release date: 2017
Rick Ross	Rather You Than Me	Release date: 2017
DJ Scream	Hunger Pains	Release date: 2017
Stalley	Second Studio Album	Release date: 2017

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