Who were the founders of the record company that Big Mike almost signed with before joining the Geto Boys?
Big Mike (rapper) Michael Barnett (born 1969), better known by his stage name Big Mike, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana/Houston,Texas. He was originally a member of Convicts with Houston rapper Mr. 3-2. Its album would be the first of many releases Mike would put out on Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records. Following the release of the eponymous "Convicts", Big Mike impressed the heads of Death Row Records and almost signed with that label before he was called by James Prince and asked to replace Willie D when he left the Geto Boys. He accepted and became a part of the group on its 1993 album "Till Death Do Us Part". When Willie D rejoined the group on its next album, he left the group. Big Mike has released five solo albums thus far, "Somethin' Serious" in 1994, "Still Serious" in 1997, "Hard to Hit" in 1999, "Keep it Playa" in 2006, and "Serious as Can Be" in 2009. "Still Serious" was his highest-charting album, peaking at #16 on the Billboard Hot 200.
Nothing Records Nothing Records was an American record label specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992. It is considered an example of a vanity label, where an artist is able to run a label with some degree of independence from within a larger parent company—in this case, Interscope Records was the parent company.