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MidiMafia is a hip hop music|hip hop / Contemporary R& B|R& B production duo consisting of United States|American Bruce Waynne (born Waynne Nugent) from Brooklyn , New York and Canada|Canadian DirtySwift (born Kevin Risto) from Ottawa , Ontario .cite magazine|title=Midi Mafia: Beward of the Boys|date=July 2003|publisher= XXL (magazine) |author=Keith Murphy They are most notable for their production of 50 Cent 's number-one single " 21 Questions ".cite web|title=Midi Mafia: DJ DirtySwift and Bruce Waynne break it down and build it up| url= http://mixonline.com/recording/mixing/audio_midi_mafia/|publisher=Mix Magazine|date=2008-03-01|accessdate=2008-08-13|author=Elianne Halbersberg
They also produced " When I See U ", the second single from Fantasia Barrino 's self-titled album Fantasia (Fantasia Barrino album)|Fantasia which held the number one spot for eight weeks on the U.S. Billboard's Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.vnuArtistId=593784& model.vnuAlbumId=817759 "Fantasia Barrino - Artist Chart History - Singles". Billboard (magazine)|Billboard . More recently, they contributed a track to fellow American Idol contestant David Archuleta 's self-titled debut album, released in November 2008. They have also produced for artists such as Sha Stimuli (the single "Clap At Ya"), Capone-N-Noreaga (" Yes Sir "), Jennifer Lopez , Bravehearts , Gemma Fox , Jean Grae , Talib Kweli , Young Buck , Nelly , Miri Ben-Ari , Frank Ocean , John Legend , Lloyd Banks , Brandy Norwood|Brandy , Tamia and Justin Bieber .Cite web|title=Midi Mafia - Hitmen For Hire|url= http://www.sixshot.com/articles/11674/|publisher= http://www.sixshots.com SixShots.com|author=Jon Michael|date=2008-07-03|accessdate=2008-08-13 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080711155945/ http://www.sixshot.com/articles/11674/ |archivedate = 2008-07-11
In November 2009, "PHamous," a song they produced, was used as a backing track for a flash mob . The flash mob was conceived by YouTuber ShayCarl, who was assisted by fellow Youtubers: LisaNova , MysteryGuitarMan , KassemG, Denise Vlogs, TimothyDeLaGhetto2, and HiimRawn.Cite web|title=Shay Carl - PHAMOUS PLANET HOLLYWOOD FLASH MOB!|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=C18p7QIbWqc|publisher=ShayCarl|author=ShayCarl|date=2009-12-01|accessdate=2009-12-01Cite web|title=The Day The Mob Saved Vegas|url= http://www.vegastripping.com/news/news.php? news_id=3079|publisher=Vegas Tripping|author=Chuckmonster|date=2009-12-28|accessdate=2009-12-30
"PHamous" is being used in promos for VH1 television programs and also it’s used as the ending song for weekly video of What da Faq Show which airs at YouTube and Facebook. Midi Mafia currently produced their own album Vegas Lights as well as the main hit "2 Piece."
"Last Call" and "2 Piece" from their album Vegas Lights are also featured on the MTV show, Jersey Shore (TV series)|Jersey Shore in season 2
On July 16, 2010, the video for "PHamous" debuted on YouTube on TheStation channel, a collaboration channel of most of the YouTubers of the original flash mob, including the lyric about being "friends with ShayCarl." The song was also featured on the We Killed the Radio Star Podcast Cite web|title=Don't Drink the Water|url= http://www.wekilledtheradiostar.com/podcastarchive.htm|publisher=wekilledtheradiostar.com|author=wekilledtheradiostar.com|accessdate=2010-09-17 as the introductory and concluding piece of music during the episode "Don't Drink the Water."
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http://www.themidimafia.com/ Official Website
http://www.myspace.com/midimafia Official MySpace
http://www.youtube.com/midimafia Official YouTube Channel
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