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The Criminal Mafia, a Memphis rap group put together in 1992/1993 by Marco Dane a.k.a. (Lamarcuzz). Other members of the group where: Mr. Mac/ Lil Russell a.ka. (Horrorside), Lil Marlon a.k.a (M/G), Mac Keith, & Lil Fred. All music was recorded and produced by Marco Dane. Each rapper meet each other while living and growing up in the same neighborhood. As time passed group member Mac Keith left the group because of hardships getting to the studio for recordings and other reasons. Group member Lil Fred was the youngest of them all but still held his own while trying to learn and develop himself as a rapper. Everyone played a part doing something, bringing Black & Milds, blank tapes for the 4 track recorder, and ect. to the studio. Criminal Mafia was a strong group with lots of talent with brilliant concepts for music during it’s time and era but was short lived due to a incident that could have turned tragic. The group separated back in 1999/2000.|Why this name?|Well at first we were just making songs no hooks, just putting down music and rapping to beats Marco Dane was cooking up. Marco was the only one in the hood making beats at the time so we all got together and was like let’s form a group. To be straight we all bought, and listen to Triple Six Mafia a.k.a. (Three Six Mafia) underground mix tapes at the time and we loved it! So we were like since they were the leaders and the originators of the style of music that we were doing at the time we decided Criminal Mafia would be a good name. Lil Russell was the one who really came up with the name Criminal Mafia and he was the oldest of us all, so we all went with it stamped approved!|Do you play live?|No live instruments. It’s always special moments in Memphis no matter where you go. It’s always something going on, somewhere to hang out, Night Life, Beale Street, Martin Luther King Park, ect. ect.|How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?|It’s very powerful and gives everybody the opprotunity to get there music heard all over the world. It’s been proven, look at Criminal Mafia on youtube, soundclick, & ect.|Would you sign a record contract with a major label? |
