Mannie Fresh Recalls Kanye West Wanting A Deal At Cash Money

[Atone]

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Mannie Fresh has known Kanye West a long time, even before West became a bona fide producer nearly a decade ago. "He actually came to Cash Money looking for a deal," Mannie Fresh says in an interview with DJ Vlad. "I've been knowing him since then."

Fresh and West met when West was working with rapper Mikkey Halsted, whom Cash Money eventually signed. At the time, West was without production equipment, so Fresh says he lent the Chicagoan his. "This was my first introduction to him," says Fresh, who considers West one of the great producers. "The only thing I could say is that it was a blessing because he came back and looked back. Without knowing him, I just felt like he was a good dude and lent him some equipment or whatever to do what he had to do and he never forgot about it."


Now imagin if this did happen, would Kanye's music have been the same with a ton of Birdman and Lil Wayne features?

[Francesco]

Mannie is a great producer & a legend so I really hoped it's gonna happen.

On another note he's on bad terms with Birdman & Wayne so if he became Kanye's inhouse producer wouldn't have made much difference in how much Kanye would collaborate with them YMCMB dudes.