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Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978 in Miami, Florida) better known by her stage name Trina, is an American rapper. Miami-based rapper Trina first gained notoriety in 1998 with her appearance on Trick Daddy's www.thug.com album. Her own debut album, Da Baddest Bitch, featured a cameo by Trick Daddy and was released in early 2000 on Atlantic Records. She spent the next two years honing her raw, raunchy style. She paired up with Missy Elliott for the recording of her second effort, 2002's Diamond Princess. Katrina Taylor grew up in Miami, Florida suffering many hardships but battled it all, simply by believing that dreams are true and by putting faith in her dreams, someday everything will change for her. She never considered a carrer in music, untill spotted by locally based rapper Trick Daddy, who helped her on her way to stardom. She then shortened her name to just "Trina" and appeared on Trick Daddy's hit "Nann Nigga". Trick Daddy's Slip-N-Slide record label noticed her much praised rapping ablities and rising popularity and continued to team her up with the fellow Miami native. Trina repesented a sexy, rugged, man-driven look that wasn't new to the music world and included rivals Foxy Brown and Lil Kim. But Trina's music style drove a more controversial issue, due in part to her rebellious nature, sexual lyrics and profanity filled tracks. Her 2000 debut album, "Da Baddest Bitch" was a direct response to the male-dominated rap industry that was known for disregarding women in many hit songs. Her debut gained her a gold-certified single with "69 Ways". Between touring in 2000, Trina teamed up with many rap stars in song remixes, including Missy Elliott's "One Minute Man" and Ludacris' "What's Your Fantasy." Her long awaited second album Diamond Princess was released in August 2002, and the songs "No Panties" and "B R Right/feat. Ludacris" received major airplays. Trina debuted in 1998 on Slip-N-Slide label mate Trick Daddy's "Nann Nigga". Her first two albums, the certified gold debut album Da Baddest Bitch (2000) and the certified gold follow up Diamond Princess (2002) focused on the raw and raunchy style that made her famous, followed by the Glamorest Life in 2005. Miami rapper named Trick Daddy asked Trina to recite a verse on his debut and 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 Atlantic Records. In March of 2000, Trina's debut album Da Baddest Bitch was released. The album entered the Billboard Chart at No. 33, and eventually sold more than 700,000 copies in the US alone. The album's lead single, also titled "Da Baddest Bitch" underperformed but the following single, "Pull Over", became one of Trina's biggest hits. On 27 August 2002 Trina released her second album Diamond Princess in USA. The album spawned three singles, including "No Panties", which became Trina's first release outside of the U.S and the hit song B R Right featuring Ludacris. Her third studio album titled Glamorest Life was released 4 October 2005, it charted at #11 on the Billboard Albums. The album featured her highest charting single to date. Here We Go which featured Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland, being her highest charting single to date, with a peak position of #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs and was her first single to chart outside of America. During 2007 Trina released two mixtapes. In 2007 Trina revealed she was working on a new album. On 1 April 2008 Trina released Still Da Baddest after it was pushed back originally being planned to be released on 12 February. The album debuted at number 1 to mostly positive reviews on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 6 on the The Billboard 200, her highest position ever, with sales of 47,000 the first week. Trina spent most of her early years of life between Liberty City and later, among the community of Pembroke Isle, Florida. She pursued a career in real estate before becoming a rapper. She was a real estate agent before having music as a second career. She was dating Trick Daddy's brother "Hollywood" at the time of his murder. Physical Measurments 36-28-38, In 2006 she started an organization called "Diamond Doll" to help underprivileged children. She has her own perfume "Diamond Princess" which you can only get through her website. She started out on Trick Daddy's song "Nann Nigga" before putting out her solo CD. Trina also had a relationship with rapper Lil Wayne sources confirm that her single Single Again was inspired by her recent break up with wayne. She recently quoted that she would be starting her own independent record label called DP Records. An already signed artist is Rich Nisha. Trina also has one up and coming artist by the name of 9th Ward Matt. |
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