Trick Daddy

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Trick Daddy

Background information
Birth name Maurice Young
Born September 27, 1973 (1973-09-27) (age 34)[citation needed]
Origin Miami, Florida
Genre(s) Hip-Hop, Southern Rap, Miami Bass, Crunk
Occupation(s) Rapper
Years active 1996 - present
Label(s) Cash Money Records
Associated acts Trina
Rick Ross
Plies
Young Jeezy
Slip-N-Slide
DJ Khaled
Chamillionaire

Arthur Maurice Young (born September 27, 1973[citation needed] in Miami, Florida), better known as Trick Daddy, is an American Atlantic Records rapper . Originally billed as Trick Daddy Dollars, and sometimes known as T-Double-D, Young grew up in Miami's Liberty City. His singles have all been in the US R&B Top 100 and has had singles reach the top ten within US Top 100 and US Rap Billboards.[citation needed]

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[edit] Early life

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One of 18 children[dubious – discuss][citation needed] (many were half brothers and sisters, and his mother had 12 children by different fathers), Trick was born Arthur Maurice Young around 1974 in Miami, Florida, and raised in the city's Liberty Square Housing Development-known as the "Pork `N' Beans Projects" to locals. "Growing up, that shit was never nothing nice," he recalled later, as quoted by Charisse Nikole in a 1999 interview with Blaze magazine. "You watch mamas and step-daddies and half-brothers getting in fights and see how you come out. We see people getting shot and killed every day." As a young adult, Trick readily admitted that many of his problems stemmed from childhood issues, which he continued to deal with.

Because he came from such a large family and lived in a dangerous environment, Trick learned early on to push and fight his way to the front of the line, behaviors which often got him into trouble. His first outburst occurred when he was just eleven year old; angered after a teacher embarrassed him in front of his grade school class, according to Trick, he retaliated by hitting her in the head with a lead pipe. For this act of violence, he found himself at one of the Miami-Dade County schools for problem children. Apparently, the school did little to help rehabilitate the youngster, as just a few years later, in May of 1991, Trick was sentenced to a four-year prison term at the Apalachee Correctional Institution for armed trafficking with the intent to distribute cocaine. Although released on probation after serving a year of the sentence, Trick was locked up again for violating the terms of his release, as well as attempted murder, and subsequently spent two more years behind bars. Meanwhile, during Trick's incarceration, five of his close friends and his brother, nicknamed Hollywood, had all been murdered.

[edit] Music career

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Determined to start anew, and as a way to cope with the death of his brother, Trick left jail and started writing candid rap songs that documented the life he had led up to that point. In the 1990s, he began rapping seriously by the alias "Trick Daddy Dollars". His first break into the music business came when a Miami rap artist, Luther Campbell, stage name Luke, formerly of the 2 Live Crew, saw Trick performing at a local club and approached him. Later, Luke invited him to join as one of the lead rappers for the song "Scarred" (also known as "Hydrolics"). The hip-hop dance track, which introduced Trick's unique flow and booming voice, appeared on Luke's 1996 album Uncle Luke. The song became a hit and immediately caught the attention of fans and record producers alike. Later, Trick credited Luke as the person who helped make his recording career possible.

Trick continued to rap on the underground Miami rap scene, and while doing a local performance, he was discovered by Ted Lucas, the CEO of Slip-n-Slide Records. Soon after, he would release his debut album, Based On A True Story, in 1997, through Slip-N-Slide and Atlantic Records. This album was released during the time when Southern hip hop was really exploding behind the success of Master P and his No Limit Records.

Trick's first single was "Nann Nigga", which was contained on his second record, www.thug.com, and featured the young Slip-n-Slide female rapper, Trina. He has since released six more albums with one due in early 2008 on his own Dunk Ryders Records. There are rumors that he has signed a new deal with Def Jam Records after an interview with friend Rick Ross with allhiphop.com, in which he mentions that he helped Trick get the deal.[1]. The Dunk Ryders consists of 3 members Ice Berg(Teiron Robinson) Fella (Davevon Rackley) and Soup (Keyon Brockington who is currently incarcerated).

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap UK Singles
1999 "Nann Nigga" (featuring Trina) 62 20 3 - www.thug.com
1999 "Suckin' Fuckin' (AKA Sweatin' Me)" (featuring Co)[1] - - - - www.thug.com
2000 "Shut Up" 83 25 20 - Book of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47
2001 "Take It To Da House" from Osmosis Jones 50 23 20 - Thugs Are Us
"I'm A Thug" 7 8 16 - Thugs Are Us
2002 "In Da Wind" [3](featuring Cee-Lo & Big Boi) 7 2 1 - Thug Holiday
"Thug Holiday" 84 40 20 - Thug Holiday
2004 "Let's Go" (featuring Lil Jon & Twista) 2 10 4 26 Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
2005 "Sugar (Gimme Some)" (featuring Cee-Lo, Ludacris & Lil Kim) 20 36 87 61 Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
2006 "Bet That" (featuring Chamillionaire & Gold Rush) 104 66 - - Back by Thug Demand
2007 "Tuck Ya Ice" (featuring Birdman) - 90 - - Back by Thug Demand
2008 "I Ain't Mad" (featuring T-Pain) TBD TBD TBD TBD Finally Famous: Born a Thug Die a Thug

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2007/12/23/18982555.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7040/title.dx-clusive-trick-daddy-plans-new-album-and-new-label
  3. ^ Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Thug-Holiday-Trick-Daddy/dp/B00006BTD5/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207870622&sr=8-1

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