This caught the attention of artist manager Hadi Elazzi (GRGDN), who immediately promoted the band to Sony Music, which resulted in their first, self-titled album being published in 2004, becoming a hit.
[5] Following this, they performed at various music festivals and have worked with various famous Turkish singers as Koray Candemir (of Kargo fame), Vega and Göksel.
Sarıgül, the author of most of the songs, has described the band's genre as blending nu metal and hip hop with Anatolian melodies.
maNga's duet with Göksel is included in one of the most successful (with almost a million viewers[6]) Turkish films, Sınav (featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme).
The band was to take stage in the Wembley Stadium in London, together with Tarkan, but maNga did not perform due to technical difficulties on 13 April 2008.