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Our own local
#1 Grand Crunkster
– whose
your hip hop daddy?
One of the most
thuggish rappers
ever embraced
by the mainstream,
Trick Daddy broke
out of the South
in 2001 with "I'm
a Thug" and
established himself
as an unlikely
national superstar.
Born Maurice Young
in Miami, FL,
the rapper originally
known as Trick
Daddy Dollars
earned his stripes
in 1996 as one
of the lead rappers
on Luke's "Scarred,"
the leadoff track
from the former
2 Live Crew leader's
Uncle Luke album.
The song became
a sizable hit
among the booty
crowd, and listeners
were drawn to
the remarkably
fluid and quick
flow of Trick
Daddy Dollars.
Among those drawn
to him was Ted
Lucas, a former
concert promoter
who signed the
rapper to his
newly formed Slip-n-Slide
Records. The debut
Trick Daddy Dollars
album, Based on
a True Story,
came soon after,
released in late
1997. The album
sold well for
an independent
release, driven
by some regional
hits, but didn't
impress too many
people outside
of the Miami area.
The big payoff
came a year later
with the release
of Thugs Are Us
(2001), the album
that catapulted
Trick Daddy alongside
Ludacris and Mystikal
as one of the
few nationally
championed Dirty
South rappers;
and it similarly
catapulted him
onto the play
list of every
urban radio station
in America, not
to mention MTV.
In particular,
the album boasted
"I'm a Thug,"
Trick Daddy's
biggest hit yet;
and, more importantly,
his most accessible.
Despite his tattoos,
gold grill, and
overall thuggish
aura, Trick Daddy
earned mainstream
airplay and climbed
the Billboard
charts. A year
later he did so
again with his
fifth album in
six years, Thug
Holiday (2002),
and its lead single,
"In da Wind,"
perhaps Trick
Daddy's most inventive
work yet.
Don’t
mist Trick’s
latest album,
THUG MATRIMONY:
MARRIED TO THE
STREETS, Trick
Daddy's new hit
album is in stores
now! Featuring
the crazy hot
single 'Let’s
Go' and much more,
go out and cop
it if you haven’t
already!!! And
visit Trick's
newly designed
website, www.trickdaddy.com
for the latest
news, pictures
and all the hot
sh*t!
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