GMG Entertainment, or Get Money Gang Entertainment, is a hip hop

Hip hop

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 and contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 record label founded in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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 by recording artist Twista

Twista

Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...

. The label is chiefly distributed by EMI Label Services

EMI

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, and exists primarily as a vehicle to introduce new artists to the market.

Signings and releases

Speedknot Mobstaz

Speedknot Mobstaz

Speedknot Mobstaz are a hip hop group affiliated with Twista. They have released albums Mobstability, and Mobstability II: Nation Business. In 1994, they appeared on Twista's 2nd album, Resurrection...

 were the first artists to sign with the label, and are signed through Koch Records

Koch Records

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. They also provided the first release from the label, with the album Mobstability II: Nation Business

Mobstability II: Nation Business

Mobstability II: Nation Bizness is the second studio album by Chicago-based rappers Twista and his crew, the Speedknot Mobstaz...

.

Later signings to the label included long-time Twista hype man

Hype man

A hype man in hip hop music and rapping is a “backup rapper/singer who is also responsible for increasing an audience's excitement with call-and-response chants” according to The Hilltop and author Grant Barrett....

, B-Hype, as well as new Chicago artists Skooda Chose, Mello tha Guddamann, Anya, and the Green Girls. They were featured on the label's compilation mixtape album Who'$ Got Next, which was released at the end of 2008 to introduce these new artists. New artist Chicago ShowTime was signed in February 2010.

Artists

• Twista
  Twista
  Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...
  
  
• B-Hype
• Skooda Chose
• Gritz (R&b)
• Mello Tha Guddamann
• Cuzzo (Producer)
• ShowTime
• Shawnna (Management)
• Semaj

Past releases

Album Title	Release Date	Artist	Singles	Chart positions	Sales
Mobstability II: Nation Business Mobstability II: Nation Business Mobstability II: Nation Bizness is the second studio album by Chicago-based rappers Twista and his crew, the Speedknot Mobstaz...	May 27, 2008	Speedknot Mobstaz Speedknot Mobstaz Speedknot Mobstaz are a hip hop group affiliated with Twista. They have released albums Mobstability, and Mobstability II: Nation Business. In 1994, they appeared on Twista's 2nd album, Resurrection...	"Gangstaz Don't Dance" "Money N Murda" "Money To Blow"	None	Last RIAA certification: (None)
Who'$ Got Next	November 11, 2008	Compilation Mixtape/Album	"Skooda Chose-U Feelin Me" "Mello Tha Guddamann-Shawty Is A Ridah"	None	Last RIAA certification: (None)
Category F5	July 14, 2009	Twista Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...	"Wetter Wetter (Twista song) "Wetter" is a song by American rapper Twista off his seventh album Category F5 and released as the first single. The song features the singer Erika Shevon, and was produced by The Legendary Traxster. It is sometimes referred to as the second part to the song "Get It Wet" off of his Adrenaline Rush...	Debut #1 Rap & #8 on Top 200 Billboard The album had sold 110,000 copies as of September 2, 2009	Last RIAA certification: (None)
Money Over EviL	September 11, 2010	Jo FloWroshus	"On My Gangsta" "What I Got", "Nobody But Me"	Debut #174 on Top 200 Billboard Charts The indie album sold approximately 7,800 copies in the first week	Last RIAA certification: (None)
The Perfect Storm	November 9, 2010	Twista Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...	"I Do" "Make A Movie"	The album debuted #38 on Top 200 Billboard Charts with 14,939 sales	Last RIAA certification: (None)

External links

• Official Network Site
• Money Over EviL