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Them Firewater Boyz made enough noise down South for record labels to start taking notice. But it wasn’t until he dropped his hit single, “Like A Pimp” featuring Lil Flip, that the phones started ringing off the hook. The song came at perfect time when Southern Hip-Hop was growing from a underground phenomenon into a national explosion. The instant classic led to him signing a deal with SRC/Universal Records and releasing Mississippi: The Album in the summer of 2003. Where the track is obviously made for the clubs, the accompanying video is laced with political imagery as Banner runs from a noose while shredding a Confederate flag.

Banner would try to capitalize off the momentum by releasing another album, MTA 2: Baptized In Dirty Water, later that year. The album did not perform as well. Banner was also not able to promote the album effectively as he was suffering from high blood pressure and near diabetes. He has shared that he almost died from his unhealthy lifestyle.

One highlight in his struggle was the he scored one of his first hits as a producer when he made the beat for T.I.’s breakout single “Rubberband Man.”

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