Madd Hatta

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Profile: Houston TX-based rapper and the owner of Paid In Full Entertainment.

Aliases: Mista Madd

Mista Madd Biography

A fixture in Houston's urban and rap establishment, Mista Madd is best known for hosting one of the city's top morning shows on KBXX 97.9 The Box as radio persona the "Madd Hatta." But on the business end, he was responsible for helping launch the careers of then-underground rappers Paul Wall and Chamillionaire on his Paid in Full Entertainment label. From the mid- to late '90s, before the morning show gig, he ran the Straight from the Streetz radio show (which also aired on local TV) alongside Southern rap producer Simon "Crazy C" Cullins, Jr. (Scarface, Do or Die, Eightball & MJG). Breaking many local acts, the show was an important medium for Houston hip-hop. Using the Straight from the Streetz title, Madd also released a series of Houston Hard Hitters compilations through his Paid in Full imprint. However, the Mista Madd alias was first introduced on the full-length album PH Factor in 1997. His major local hit, "Down South," featuring Slim Thug and Yungstar, came by way of his 2000 LP Can I Live? It was a few years after, in 2002, that Paid in Full acquired Paul Wall and Chamillionaire when they were together as the Color Changin' Click, but after becoming underground sensations, they broke up and moved on to the majors in 2004. Not long afterward, rumors began to swirl in Houston concerning the financial status of Paid in Full. Thus, Madd responded to the gossip, entitling his 2007 album Still Standing. Featured throughout the album was the production team Beatco, which is headed up by Crazy C, and his label's star singer, Shei Atkins. ~ Cyril Cordor, All Music Guide

Releases:

The pH-Factor (CD) Paid In Full Entertainment 1997

Serious (CD, Album) Groove Makers 2004

Appears On:

Don't Mess Wit Texas (CD) Don't You Know Rap Classics 1997

Don't Mess Wit Texas (CD) Don't You Know Jam Down Records 1997

IV Ever (CD, Album) IV Ever, Get Paid, Cha... Albatross Records 1998

The Commission (CD) Don't You Know Jam Down Records 1998

It Was All A Dream (CD) Goodpart Jam Down Records 1999

Throwed Yung Playa (CD) June 27 Straight Profit Records 1999

Talkin' Shit (CD, RP) Be A Man Beatbox Records 2000

Tracks Appear On:

5th Ward (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD) Outro H-Town Fishbowl Records 1997

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