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The MuzikMafia is an informal collection of American country music singers, songwriters and musicians, founded in October of 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee by Big Kenny and John Rich (who comprise the duo Big & Rich), along with Jon Nicholson and Cory Gierman. The main mission of the Muzik Mafia is to share the love of music with all people and to break down the walls of musical genres and letting people who are passionate about making music do so without those walls. Their philosophy of 'music without prejudice' allows for the mixing of different genres for everyone's pleasure. Gradually, the Muzik Mafia grew and through those sessions Big Kenny and John Rich landed a record deal with Warner Nashville as the duo Big & Rich. Other members have landed contracts since then, including Jon Nicholson, Gretchen Wilson, James Otto, Cowboy Troy, and Shanna Crooks. CMT has run a television series, MuzikMafia TV, which followed the Muzik Mafia on their first stadium tour, the American Revolution Tour. The series documented what happened backstage and between shows. It ran for 6 episodes. It is not known if it will return.
List of MuzikMafia Members
- The Godfathers & Godmother
- Cory Gierman
- Big Kenny
- Jon Nicholson
- John Rich
- Gretchen Wilson
- The Family Members
- James Otto (Musician)
- Cowboy Troy (Musician)
- Damien Horne (Musician)
- Rachel Kice (Painter)
- Shannon Lawson (Musician)
- Two-Foot Fred (Business Man. Comedian)
- Shanna Crooks (Musician)
- Spoken Word Jen "SWJ" (Poet)
- John Anderson (Musician) - Honorary Member
- Pit Bosses
- Max "on Sax" Abrams
- Pino Squillace
- The Reverend Elijah DD Holt
- Jerry Navarro
- Adam Shoenfeld
Former members
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- Dean Hall (Resigned from the Mafia in December of 2005)
- Chance (Resigned from the Mafia in February of 2007)
