The lead single, "Play Around", featured Bristal, Lil' Kim and Puff Daddy and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. Lil' Cease's solo effort The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo was released in 1999 peaked at #26 on the Billboard 200. Kim collaborated with Lil' Cease on her single " Crush On You (Remix)". were referenced on her debut album, Hard Core, on the song "M.A.F.I.A. Lil' Kim continued her rise and went on to become a successful artist in her own right, releasing four albums as a solo artist. On March 26, 2007, the trio released another album, Die Anyway, but it did not appear on any album charts. The album did not match their previous success, only making it to #61 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart and #50 on the Top Independent albums chart. In 2005, three of the previous seven members of the group, Lil' Cease, MC Klepto and Larceny (now known as Banger), released an album, Riot Musik, under the Junior M.A.F.I.A. In an interview with the Notorious B.I.G., which was conducted in 1995 but appeared in a 2003 issue of XXL Magazine, he claimed he was planning to retire from rap music in the year 2000 to manage the careers of Junior M.A.F.I.A. The music video featured the members and Aaliyah holding a house party at Kim's house while she was away.Īfter the death of the Notorious B.I.G. "I Need You Tonight" (featuring Aaliyah) was the only single released from the album that did not feature The Notorious B.I.G. The single was certified platinum and helped Kim start her own solo career. and Lil' Kim, and its remix "Gettin' Money", which has Lil' Cease with B.I.G. The album also spawned the popular top twenty hit "Get Money", a duet featuring The Notorious B.I.G. The accompanying video showed the group flying on helicopters and Learjets whilst carrying out business under F.B.I. The lead single "Player's Anthem", produced by DJ Clark Kent, and featuring The Notorious B.I.G., went gold. It debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 69,000 copies in its first week of release and was later certified gold. Conspiracy gained some positive reviews, but received criticism for some of its group members not showing enough individuality. The album featured production by DJ Clark Kent, EZ Elpee, Daddy-O, Akshun, and Special Ed. The rhyme topics were hard-hitting, mostly addressing guns, money, and sex. The album was produced in a similar style to The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut, Ready to Die "successful. The group released their debut album, Conspiracy, in 1995, under the NYC-based Big Beat Records and Undeas labels. Big Momma or The Lieutenant), the only female in the group. The 6s, or 666, (Lil' Cease, Bugsy, Capone, Chico, and Nino Brown), The Snakes (cousins Larceny and Trife), MC Klepto, and Lil' Kim, (a.k.a. The group was formed from three separate groups and two individual artists. All the members were under the age of twenty when the group was formed. met as childhood friends of The Notorious B.I.G.