David Banner

 After assessing various offers, Banner and manager, Scott Johnson, decided to sign with Universal Records subsidiary, SRC Records, which was founded by Steve Rifkind who had previous success as CEO of the major hip-hop label Loud Records. Banner was the producer of T.I. T.I.'s single, "Rubber Band Man" It reached No. 30 on the Hot 100, at No. 15 on the R&B charts and No. 11 on the Rap chart. Banner's debut album on a major label, Mississippi, was released in 2003. Mississippi included the top-selling single, "Like a Pimp" which featured Lil Flip. "Like the Pimp" reached No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, No. 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, and No. 10 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts. [13] He released the follow-up album the same year, titled MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water which produced the hit, "Crank It Up", featuring Static Major.In 2005, Banner released his third major label album, Certified. The first single released from the album was "Ain’t Got Nothing" with Magic & Lil Boosie. "Play" was his second single, reached the No. 7 on the Hot 100 charts, No. 5 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Rap chart. 13] The third track, "Touching", featured Jazze Pha and reached No. 54 on the R&B chart. Banner was on "Seein' Toogs" in 2006. This song, which is about Hurricane Katrina was released as a single from DJ Shadow's album "The Outsider". A remix that featured Bay Area hyphy rappers Nump and Gold also was made. Banner has also contributed to the music of a commercial for Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Fate of Two Worlds. Banner played Tehronne in Black Snake Moan (2006).