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The founders of MuzikMafia, otherwise known as “The Godfathers”, include John Rich, Big Kenny, Jon Nicholson and Cory Gierman. The Godfathers founded the phenomenon back in October of 2001. Big Kenny, Rich, and Nicholson would play with various guests at Nashville’s Pub of Luv every Tuesday night, while Gierman handled all of the Mafia’s business, making sure everything was running smoothly.

The Godfathers main mission was to share their love of muzik, and this is exactly what they did. They shared it with whoever walked in the door for no charge of any kind. Soon Nashville’s movers and shakers began to take notice of this weekly happening, and felt the Godfather’s love of muzik needed to be shared with the masses. Big Kenny, and John Rich were eventually signed as the genre defying act, known as Big & Rich, and Jon Nicholson was recently signed as well. After Gretchen Wilson's long-time commitment and selling over 5 million records, the Godfathers honored her by declaring her the first Godmother of the MuzikMafia in November of 2005.