Mini Thin

Mini Thin is a country hip hop artist hailing from "Almost Heaven" West Virginia. Born & raised in Weirton, WV Mini a.k.a. Malice burst onto the music scene with major national M.C. battle wins with the likes of Roc-A-Fella Records, BET & Big Tigger, Def Jam and Sprite's summer jam upon his release from prison.

"That kid is sick!" - DMX

Mini Thin put out his highly anticipated 1st album Hillbilly Hustle on March 1st 2013 and his initial shipment sold out completly in 3 days! His singles Coal Miners Lullaby, Country Roads and Buckwild & Free have Caught Fire on radio stations which is very unique and unheard of for an independent artist. in 2013 He racked up over 9,000 FM radio spins in just his home state alone and Country Roads was charted song of the year in West Virginia for rotations and requests over every major label artist in the country! He has garnished staggering amounts of song plays and downloads online and created a very large buzz. He put out the controversial single "City Bitch in 2015 and it quickly shot to 20 million youtube views. He is not shy when it comes to state pride and his main objective is not fame or fortune, it is to stamp West Virginia on the national hip hop map permanently!

With his unique style of lyricism mixed with country topics and a past that reads like a movie script, He has record labels baffled, His tongue in cheek wit, charisma, dress, sound, voice and topics are a first. Once asked where he belonged in the music industry he replied "I'm one of a kind, there's no box to put me in or genre!"

Mini has been the first rap related artist West Virginians have ever got behind and that following has bled into a worldwide following of of uncountable fans. He's been dubbed "the Voice of West Virginia" by his state. Constantly flipping the negative stereotypes the nation has for his people and throwing them right back in pop culture's face. He's well known for winning Jay Z's Roc A Fella records MC battle championship and exchanging words with 50 cent back stage before the finals. When the finals ensued he destroyed his opponenet in 30 seconds and used the rest of his time to aim lyrical napalm at 50 cent much to the applause of over 20,000 people at Pittsburgh's First Niagra pavillion. "Yall wanna see a gangster weap like a willow? with all the spaces between your teeth the tooth fairy should leave a "G" under your pillow!" After a non stop 5 minutes of applause, Mini was congratulated by Jay Z. Then asked to leave the grounds by 50 cent's security team.

Mini Thin has served a 3 year jail sentence, battled alcoholism and severe anxiety probems. With his refusal to ever quit attitude, He's now 15 years sober, A God fearing Christian and entertaining crowds at an energetic level rarely seen. His song writing ability is what separates him from most artists. He's brought true Country music story telling into hip hop world. With his story of addiction on Breaking Down & Coal Miners Lullaby is a perfect example of a miner speaking from heaven to his family.....BUT that inner Battle rapper comes out with a vengeance on songs like Meth Labs & Moonshine and Holler Holler featuring Tennessee's own Haystak. He's well rounded in every aspect of his craft. Mini Thin has had offers and told an A&R from Sony thanks for calling, please find out why my Sony big screen TV blew up after a year and your warranty doesn't cover it and hung up on him. This was after being offered an infamous 360 deal.

With Mini Thin you always get pure honesty and know where you stand! He believes the world needs more truth, less garbage and wants to take it back to the days when you could sleep with your doors open! If that's not an all American Country boy then what is? When asked about his philosophy on music and fans he stated this: "Make a good song, have a fan for a month, touch someone emotionally with your music, you have a fan for life!"

Mini Thin has performed with and shared the stage with the likes of 50 cent, G-Unit, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Freeway, Beanie Seagal, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, D.J. Whoo Kid, Nas, DMX, Lil Kim, upchurch, the moonshine bandits, lenny cooper, the redneck souljers, Pittsburgh Slim, Wiz Khalifa and many more

"Mini Thin's "Respect Mine" freestyle is a personal favorite, with lines like: "I got a PHD Intellect smart to haunt ya / up down left right B A select start like contra" leave me wide open!" - Steve "Flash" Juon - rapreviews. com

He also founded Hillbilly Murda Records his own small imprint to put out his own music on & also his own clothing line.