Trina Biography

Trina Biography

Trina's mother is African-American and her father is Dominican. Her first opportunity to be in front of the camera in the industry came in Luke's "Birthday" from 1994's "Luke: Freak For Life... 6996" album and even got one line consisting of one word; "Trina"

During her early years, the glamorous life did not exist for Trina, as she faced many hard times. The chorus from her song “U & Me” off the Diamond Princess album speaks for itself

“     And even through the loneliest time we survived through our loneliest nights, Just think about the struggling times when we survived through a nickel and dime, And even if I had all the bread in the world I’d give it all up for one shot at You and Me, I’m that same bitch     ”

Trina lived most of her life between Liberty City and later, the Pembroke Isles neighborhood of Pembroke Pines. Despite her surroundings in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, Trina managed to do positive things with her life, and became a real estate agent. At that point of her life she did not expect to pursue a career in music, but slowly, everything changed around. A local Miami rapper named Trick Daddy was establishing his career in 1997 and saw the talent in her. When it was time to work on his new album, he gave Trina a chance to be featured on a track. In 1998, that track, “Nann Nigga”, ended up being the first single of his www.thug.com album. The single became a hit reaching No. 3 on the Rap Charts. Thanks to the success of the single, Trina gained popularity and got a deal with Slip-N-Side Records, who is associated with Atlantic Records.