Maino Wants To Make Fireworks With Russell Brand's Girl!

Being known as the realest rapper in the game doesn't come easy, but Brooklyn's own Maino brings his hood mentality and love for music to the forefront of hip-hop, regardless of hip-hop's transition to pop music. 

Maino released his sophomore album The Day After Tomorrow, which hits store shelves today. 

GlobalGrind caught up with the Brooklyn rapper to talk about everything from Jay-Z/Lil Wayne beef, to his 10 year prison sentence, his new album and his love for Katy Perry.

Check out the exclusive interview below!

GlobalGrind: What can we expect from The Day After Tomorrow?

Maino: To understand The Day After Tomorrow, you have to understand my first album, which was If Tomorrow Comes. If Tomorrow Comes is a story of what I was actually going through in my life. I was a dude who was in the street and went to prison and started rapping in prison. When I came home, I had this vision, this dream, about getting away from the street and getting into the music business.

The Day After Tomorrow is kind of a sequel, the continuation. It’s not where I’m at today. Now I became an artist and everything I’ve been going through as an artist, my experiences, the changes in my life, the feelings that I go through, the sacrifices that I feel that I had to make in order to make this happen … it’s another story. 

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