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How is Vinnie Paz connected to Jedi Mind Tricks?
Vincenzo Luvineri, better known as Vinnie Paz, is a Sicilian American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.
Was Vinnie Paz's group Jedi Mind Tricks successful?
Vinnie Paz and Jedi Mind Tricks have sold over 250,000 albums in the United States and 450,000 albums worldwide.
What else is significant about Vinnie Paz and Jedi Mind Tricks besides their album sales?
All Jedi Mind Tricks' albums, of which Vinnie Paz is a member, were released independently.

Question: What else is significant about this time?
Self-contained rewrite: What else is significant about Vinnie Paz and Jedi Mind Tricks' period of album releases besides the fact they released them independently?