Reservoir acquires catalogue of hip-hop producer and artist Mannie Fresh

Reservoir Media has acquired the catalogue of multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer and artist Byron Thomas, professionally known as Mannie Fresh. The deal includes both publishing and recorded music rights. Mannie Fresh spent a large portion of his career producing for Cash Money Records. He was the label’s only in-house producer when ...

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