THE MANO Y MANO STORY
Well Cricket Communications has hired Pittsburgh native's Mano Y Mano to do a
rap song for their company. They’re going to be printing up 10,000 copies of the song, which is about 2min and 25 seconds long. This is yet another accomplishment for these 2 brothers that makes up MANO Y MANO (hermano y hermano). Cricket Communications phone company, a multi Million Dollar Company held auditions for the rap jingle and they got it with flying colors. The promotional CD has a snippet of their new single called "break ur back" on the CD along with the cricket song. Free copies will
be giving out at summer jam 2005 at the cricket booth after they perform the song live at summer jam on stage were they will be accompanied by 10 lovely dancers called the cricket's. Anyone who registers for a cricket phone will get a free-signed copy of the CD and they will wave the activation fee. After summer jam all 6 different cricket locations will have the CD on site, you could say Mano Y Mano is this years crickets communications poster boys. They also came up with a new slogan, which the company loved; you can hear it in the new cricket song, " GO Cricket Get a Cricket a Go".
McKeesport natives, home of Swinn Cash WNBA, Mike Logan NFL, Russell Stuvant
NFL, Brandin Short NFL, Mano y Mano has been in the rap game a long time showing support to other local artist in the area and also bringing a little culture to the ‘Burgh with their Latin flavor, which tends to stand out in a our city of very little Hispanic culture. The 2 brothers’ go by the names of Sossa Smooth aka C.O aka Colossus and none other
than WAMO's (PITTSBURGH #1 HOME FOR HIP HOP AND R&B) own JKruz aka Omega. This group has performed and opened for several national acts that have come to the city of Pittsburgh (i.e. Beanie Siegel and freeway (twice), AZ, Isis, Mr. Cheeks, Pretty Ricky, DJ Clue, Noriega, and Run D.M.C. before the death of jam master jay. They have performed in over 30-40 local performances with other local artist, including Pittsburgh's own CRAVE. You can also catch them on TV on the Pittsburgh local City Channel for a promotional video they did for a company called YOUTH WORKS. This promotional video is just a tip of the ice burgh for Mano Y Mano, they also released a mix tape self-titled Mano Y Mano. 5,000 copies were distributed for "Free" in all
surrounding areas, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Ohio, and D.C. You can
catch WAMO's own JKruz on Saturday night from 10-2am on club 106. He's well know in the city for playing the hits and keeping you moving with nothing but exclusives you
won’t hear anywhere else. Listen for their new singles "Jiggy-Jiggy" and "Break
Ur Back" and the remix with Tierra Marie "Girl Feel" which are making a lot of noise in all the clubs in the Pittsburgh area or catch them every Saturday night from 10 till 2 am while the singles gets official spins on the burgh's #1 radio station. Coming soon these
brothers will be releasing their new spanglish single (its not regeton or hip hop its both) which they will market in Latino markets all across the east coast. They’re young, marketable, and good-looking, but besides all that they are talented and original, these boys are here to start trends not follow them. See for your self what all their all about.
Thank you, y bia con dios.