 He founded his independent label in 2005 with the money from GTA San Andreas and released his debut mixtape in the same year.In 2006, Maylay was featured in Deeyah's single "What Will It Be" with a music video.In the same year, he appeared in DJ Crazy Toones' CT Experience, it was the first collaboration of the trio "DJ Crazy Toones, WC and Young Maylay".