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Trick Trick also known as Christian Mathis is an American rapper. Growing up in Detroit, Michigan, United States, he lived on 7 Mile Road. Trick-Trick learned music from his mother who was once a backup singer for jazz legend Alberta Adams. He also grew up listening to gospel, soul and funk music at home; two of his early musical memories were Phil Collins and George Clinton. Later on in his childhood he began to listen to hip-hop such as Public Enemy, NWA and Run DMC.
The nickname of Trick was given to him at a very young age for his competent schemes of attracting the girls of his neighborhood though later on he changed his name to Trick Trick to play off his best friend and label companion Click-Click. Trick Trick began his journey in the rap business when he signed his first deal with Click-Click’s label, Click Boom Records in 1992.
As a teenager his father leaving obliged him to take to the streets and become part of a gang where became involved in hustling and the end result was charges for murder and he received a prison sentence. When he was released from months in prison after being found not guilty and went back to the streets as a grown man, he devoted himself to a new enterprise; the music world.
In 1995, on his first day out of the Michigan correctional facility, he recorded his first radio hit with The Goon Sqwad titled “Booty Bounce” and the single had instantly took the #1 position on FM 98 WJLB in Detroit and other surrounding stations. Under Innersound "an Atlanta based record label" the single reached sales of over 400,000 and 30,000 independently. While continuing to record hits on a small independent label “Click Boom Records” ran by him and his friend "Click-Click", after while every single released charted no lower than No. 3 on Detroit radio.
Back in the 1990's Trick-Trick received scanning over 500,000 of singles alone and over 2 million mixtape sales with his Wonder Boy Entertainment label. As 2000 struck he made lots of noise in the world-wide classic documentary titled "Street Life" and When 2003 came along and a week before a show that would either make or break Trick-Trick's dreams of being a star, he was arrested for murder in the first degree in a case in which he later beat.
In 2004 he was release and promptly began working on his latest release titled "The People vs." which would now be distributed by Motown/Universal Records. Trick-Trick's new debut album "The People vs." is the major debut of this Underground Detroit Street Veteran and for three weeks now, Trick-Trick's "Welcome 2 Detroit" single featuring Eminem, entered the Billboard Top 100 at No. 90. It is the first single off "The People vs." and continues heavy radio rotation around the country.
The vocal style of Trick-Trick could be described as a thick, guttural tone edged with both menace and a refreshing sarcastic jest. Trick Tricks album titled "The People vs." (United States Release Date: 27 December 2005) features artists such as Jazze Pha, Obie Trice, Miz Karona, Kon Artis, Proof, Diezel and Eminem.
The album stands as a testament to his aggressive lyrical flair, with the multi-instrumentalist (key board, guitar, and drums) and producer displaying razor sharp microphone skills and dogged determination.
Beef
Trick Trick has created quite a rep for himself for esculating beefs to violence. He has had physical altercations with rappers such as Trick Daddy, Styles P, and Royce Da 5'9".
Trick Daddy
The violence with Trick Daddy began when Trick Trick visited an album release party in Trick Daddy in Miami, Florida, apparently Trick Daddy did not take kindly to the similarities of their names and Trick Trick was forced out of the party. Later on Trick Trick was jumped by associates of Trick Daddy but Trick Trick later on joked about how weak the attempted attack was done. Later on in the year Trick Daddy was in Detroit doing a concert and was supposed to have been taking shots at Trick Trick and also Detroit when Trick Trick and his crew the Goon Squad rushed the stage and beat up Trick Daddy. It is rumored that he knocked one of Trick Daddy's teeth out. To this day Trick Trick harbors resentment towards Trick Daddy and called him out on the song entitled "My Name is Trick Trick" and many still view the tape on a DVD entitled "Street Life" that has sold millions in the U.S. and Overseas.Styles P. & D Block
The violence with Styles P occurred at HockeyTown Cafe in Detroit when Styles P had a little too much to drink. According to Trick Trick in an interview Styles P was talking a lot of trash about Detroit. According to Trick Trick "Detroit is a city of low tolerance, so Detroit had to beat his ass." Now though Trick Trick says he has no beef with Styles P or D-Block.Royce Da 5'9" & M.I.C.
The violence with Royce Da 5'9" was a spillover of the D12 and M.I.C. Records beef. Trick Trick has always had connections with D12 leaders Proof and Eminem so Trick took their side in the beef. Reports were sparce but according to some sources Royce Da 5'9" and his crew M.I.C. were performing a small show for Royce's family and friends on Royce's birthday when Trick Trick and his crew rushed Royce on stage, similar to what had happened to Trick Daddy. D12's Kon Artis references the incident on their mixtape-only song Smackdown, with the line "You (Royce) got dropped by everybody I know / Goon Sqwad, AWOL, and a couple of hoes".Discography
Albums
- 2005: The People vs. #90 US
- 1995: Back From Death
Singles
External links
- Trick-Trick.com, official website
- Universal Motown Music Group
- Motown.com, Motown Records
- AllHipHop.com (features an exclusive Trick-Trick Interview)
- DJBooth.net Interview with Trick-Trick
- Street Life Documentary
American rappers | People from Detroit | People from Michigan
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