# Mack Maine

Jermaine Anthony Preyan (born January 15, 1982), better known by his stage name Mack Maine, is an American record executive, songwriter, and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was named president of Lil Wayne's record label Young Money Entertainment in 2009, having known Wayne since childhood. Preyan has co-written several of Wayne's singles, including "How to Love", "Got Money", "No Worries" and "It's Good", among others. Furthermore, he has co-written severally for other artists or Wayne's collaborators, often in tandem with record producer Ke'noe; his credits include "Dreams and Nightmares" by Meek Mill and "So Sophisticated" by Rick Ross.
As a recording artist, Preyan performed on Young Money's 2009 single "Every Girl" and Rich Gang's 2013 single "Tapout", which peaked at numbers ten and 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. He released two compilation albums with the former—We Are Young Money (2009) and Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014)—and one with the latter—Rich Gang (2013). His 2013 debut single, "Celebrate" (featuring Talib Kweli and Lil Wayne), failed to chart. His guest appearance on Wayne's 2018 song "Start This Shit Off Right" remains his sole entry on the chart as a recording act. He founded his own record label, Soothe Your Soul Records in 2008.

## Early life

Jermaine Anthony Preyan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He formed a friendship with Lil Wayne at the age of eleven. He and Lil Wayne, along with rapper Curren$y and Cortez Bryant attended Eleanor McMain Secondary School.

## Career

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." He also voiced one of Trap Jesus' gangsters in the Adult Swim special Freaknik: The Musical. 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.
As of 2020, he’s executive produced Funeral and also is the booker for Wayne’s new show on Apple Music, Young Money Radio.

## Legal issues

On September 16, 2013, Mack Maine was 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 woman's clothing, grabbing her breast without her consent. TMZ says the documents claim that when the women wanted to leave the bus, Maine reportedly held the door shut, and punched one of them 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 bond.
In 2014, Mack expanded his role and joined Lil Wayne’s management team. With that move his goal was to immediately expand Wayne’s business portfolio. First deal he helped closed was Wayne’s partnership with Bumbu. The next deal he brought to the table was Wayne’s sports agency, Young Money APAA sports.
In 2018, a settlement was reached in which Wayne would be able to release music accordingly. Mack executive produced Tha Carter V and continued to add to the portfolio by securing an American Eagle collab and a partnership with cannabis brand GKUA.

## Discography
### Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | US Rap |
| We Are Young Money | Released: December 21, 2009 (US) Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic Formats: CD, digital download | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Rich Gang | Released: July 23, 2013 (US) Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, digital download | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Young Money: Rise of an Empire | Released: March 11, 2014 (US) Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, digital download | 7 | 4 | 2 |

### Mixtapes

* 2006: Young Money, Vol. 1 (with Lil' Wayne, Curren$y, & Boo)
* 2006: G-Series (with Curren$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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US R&B/HH | US Rap | Album |
| "Throw It Back" (featuring Lil Wayne) | 2009 | — | — | — | Maine 4 President |
| "Every Girl" (with Young Money) | 2009 | 10 | 2 | 2 | We are Young Money |
| "All in One Swipe" (featuring Rick Ross and Birdman) | 2010 | — | — | — | Maine 4 President |
| "Celebrate" (featuring Lil Wayne and Talib Kweli) | 2013 | — | — | — | Maine 4 President |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. ||||||

#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US R&B/HH | US Rap | Certifications | Album |
| "I Get Money" (Birdman featuring Lil Wayne, Mack Maine and T-Pain) | 2011 | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "B-Boyz" (Birdman featuring Mack Maine, Kendrick Lamar, Ace Hood and DJ Khaled) | 2012 | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Dark Shades" (Birdman featuring Lil Wayne and Mack Maine) | 2012 | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Tapout" (Rich Gang featuring Birdman, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Future and Mack Maine) | 2013 | 44 | 10 | 8 | RIAA: Gold | Rich Gang |
| "—" 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" | 2006 | Currensy, Lil Wayne | Dedication 2 |
| "I Know The Future" | 2007 | Lil Wayne | The Drought Is Over 2 (The Carter 3 Sessions) |
| "Zoo" | 2007 | Lil Wayne | The Drought Is Over 2 (The Carter 3 Sessions) |
| "Dedication 3" | 2008 | Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Willie the Kid | Dedication 3 |
| "Written on Her" (Remix) | 2009 | Birdman, Jay Sean, Flo Rida | Priceless |
| "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" | 2012 | DJ Khaled, Wale, Tyga, Kirko Bangz | Kiss the Ring |
| "Money to Make" | 2013 | Birdman, Rick Ross | The H |
| "Feelat" | 2013 | Cory Gunz | Datz WTF I'm Talkin Bout |

## Awards and nominations
### BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports and other fields of entertainment. The awards are presented annually and broadcasts live on BET.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2010 | Young Money | Best New Artist | Nominated |
| 2010 | Young Money | Best Group | Won |
| 2010 | "BedRock" (Young Money featuring Lloyd) | Viewer's Choice | Nominated |
| 2014 | Young Money | Best Group | Won |