Jermaine Coleman (born c. 1978), better known by his stage name Maino, is an American rapper from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Maino was born in New York City. He founded the independent label Hustle Hard and started to record music. In 2005, he was signed to Universal Records and started recording his debut album.

After splitting with Universal Records, Atlantic Records signed him and took in his Hustle Hard imprint in 2007. He released his first single "Hi Hater" in 2008.

After several mixtape releases and key guest features, Maino was offered a recording contract by Universal Records. Maino split with the label in 2007, feeling that the label wasn't promoting him enough.

He later signed himself and his Hustle Hard imprint to Atlantic Records. His first single from his debut album If Tomorrow Comes is "Hi Hater.

" Maino released the official remix to the song, featuring T. I.

, Swizz Beatz, Plies, Jadakiss, and Fabolous. The next single was "All the Above," featuring T-Pain, then "Million Bucks," produced by and featuring Swizz Beatz.

He made an original song, "Getaway Driver", for the game Grand Theft Auto IV. On January 26, 2010, Maino released Unstoppable - EP onto iTunes which featured four new recordings.

In 2010, Maino made his television debut on the premiere episode of MTV's "World of Jenks. " On September 29, he released the video "Glad To Be Alive" (directed & edited by Jamal Samuel, of SF2D FILMS) of his upcoming album "The Day after Tomorrow", which was released on February 28th, 2012.