Fort minor band members

The group was formed as a side project in late 2004...Mike Shinoda(of Linkin Park), Takbir "Tak" Bashir and Ryan "Ryu" Patrick Maginn(of Styles of Beyond)...DJ Cheapshot, the group released one album under the name Rising Tied, it sold millions of copies worldwide, mainly overseas...also had four videos from the album and won a Grammy award in 2006 for Ringtone of The Year...at this point in time, Mike Shinoda went back to spend more time with Linkin Park and put Fort Minor on hiatus as of now...Jay-Z was a huge impact on the discovery of putting together Fort Minor alongside Mike Shinoda...