Mannie Fresh claims that he wrote the hook to “Who Let The Dogs Out” by the Baha Men — by accident. In a resurfaced clip from a few months ago, Fresh sat down with Nyla Simone on the We Need To Talk ...

On Saturday August 16 at Maison on Frenchmen Street, Red Bull Music Academy honors the career of Mannie Fresh, the pioneer of New Orleans bounce and hip-hop music, for the first time ever. The tribute ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you hear a Mannie Fresh beat, you know it instantly. Born Byron Otto Thomas, Mannie is a legendary figure in the Hip Hop ...

Long before Drake, Nicki Minaj and now Blueface became the faces of the Cash Money Records, Mannie Fresh was laying the foundation for one of hip-hop’s most storied record labels. The architect of the ...

Fresh is, quite simply, a national treasure, a production genius who changed the way rap music sounded in the late '90s. He came up within bounce music, the ferociously local, militaristically simple ...

Mannie Fresh is one of the best hip-hop producers of all time. The New Orleans native, born Byron Thomas, reinvented southern hip-hop, propelling a number of the biggest acts in the genre into the ...

Birdman and Mannie Fresh reunite for the first time in 15 years with their latest single, “Desiigner Caskets.” The song will bring fans some nostalgia as The Big Tymers are “Still Fly” and “Big Ballin ...

Mannie Fresh is the hit man responsible for “Back that Azz Up”—one of the greatest anthems in hip-hop history—among other classics. He started out in New Orleans as a DJ, like his father, then ...

Speaking to AllHipHop, the lauded producer admitted he was baffled by some people’s reactions, considering the lyrics to the original song weren’t exactly “cancel culture” friendly. Once the COVID-19 ...

Mannie Fresh disclosed that he and his former Cash Money Records labelmate plan to drop a joint album titled The Fresh Files. "Hell yeah! People are asking when are we going to do this, but it can’t ...

In 2005, Will Welch, The FADER's editor at the time, interviewed super-producer Mannie Fresh for our 34th issue—Fresh's first ever cover. Young Jeezy, the Atlanta-based rapper who released his debut ...

Mannie Fresh recently sat down with Montreality to talk about his career, first big paycheck, things he hates about the industry, and much more. Of course, Mannie also talked about Lil Wayne's Tha ...