Internet Television Studio Plays Home to the Production of New Jay Rock Music Video Featuring Lil Wayne

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Warner Bros Records artist Jay Rock and multi-platinum artist Lil Wayne have chosen maniaTV partner, Guerilla Hollywood to produce their newest music video for their hit single “All My Life”. Michael “The Greek” Mihail will direct this video depiction of Jay Rock’s life. The music video will portray the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles where Jay Rock grew up and feature numerous vignettes of real families and locations that played a part in Rock’s life. All the studio production was done at maniaTV’s head quarters in Los Angeles. Jay Rock is scheduled to release his full-length industry supported studio album, Follow Me Home, on Warner Brothers Records in late 2008.

"The chemistry between Lil Wayne and Jay Rock is bananas on this track” said maniaTV senior producer and Guerilla Hollywood video director, Michael Mihail. “We are trying to make the energy of the song bleed through the film, and with guys like Lil Wayne and Jay Rock pumping creative energy in the studio taping, it’s shaping up to do just that”.

"maniaTV moved its production facilities to Los Angeles specifically to be able to get in the middle of exciting work like this” said Head of Music Programming, Stefan Goldby. “Having music videos from exciting new artists and appearances from the biggest-selling artist of the year shot at our studio perfectly aligns with maniaTV's mission to facilitate the creation of premium content for distribution on maniaTV and all around the world."

About Jay Rock

For some newly signed artists, the moment of truth arrives when they see their first post-deal bank statement.  Born and raised in California, Watts rapper Jay Rock seized that moment.  The first individual, male or female, from the famous Nickerson Gardens Projects to sign any type of record deal, Jay Rock knows he is blessed.  Fortunate to be in the position he currently holds, regardless of career longevity or stature in the industry, the West Coast rapper simply enjoys knowing he made something of his life.  Already signed to the independent entertainment company, Top Dawg, Rock brokered a deal with major player Warner Bros., who will release his debut album “Follow Me Home” this fall. 

About Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. Formerly of the rap group Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager, joined B.G. on his album True Story, and eventually recorded for the label. Get It How U Live, released in 1997, was Lil Wayne's first album with Hot Boys, and Tha Block is Hot, his solo debut, came out 1999. Block debuted in the top ten on the American Billboard 200 chart and eventually led Lil Wayne to win a "Best New Artist" from The Source magazine and be featured on other rappers' singles, "Bling Bling" by B.G. and "#1 Stunna" by the Big Tymers in 2000. Lil Wayne reached higher popularity with 2004's Tha Carter and its two subsequent albums Tha Carter II (2005) and Tha Carter III (2008). He has since appeared on several mixtapes and singles of other well-known hip hop artists.

About maniaTV
The maniaTV Network launched in 2004 as the world's first Internet TV network. The company produces, sells and distributes made for internet programming targeting the 18 to 34 year old audience while delivering innovative branded entertainment opportunities to leading brands and advertisers. With a state-of-the-art production studio in Hollywood, maniaTV produces groundbreaking, award-winning programming for 8+ million viewers each month. maniaTV's programming slate ranges from music and comedy, to drama, video gaming, and action sports. Leading shows include Dave Navarro's Spread Entertainment, Tom Green Live, National Lampoon's Lemmings, Arcade, and All Access. maniaTV delivers unique brand experiences within each show and has served over 50 of Advertising Age's Top 100. Through its visionary market leadership and focus on premium content and distribution partnerships, maniaTV is redefining television for the 21st Century. We like to call it "Television 2.0".
 
About Guerilla Hollywood
Guerilla Hollywood has produced television specials and music videos for My Chemical Romance, H.I.M, E-40, DJ Quik, Lil' Jon, Jamie Kennedy, R.E.M., SEAL, Josh Groban, Talib Kweli's BlackSmith TV, G's Up TV (Lil' Scrappy), The American Hater series for Mike Jones, and JayRock's hood anthem "Lift Me Up". Mihail, Boddie and their team have worked with Music Video industry pioneers such as Devin Sarno and Lydia Sarno and film innovators Steve Golin, Robert Logevall, Andrew Douglas, David Fincher, Mark Romanek, and Gore Verbinsky.