Trick Daddy
American rapper (born 1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maurice Samuel Young (born September 27, 1974), better known by his stage name Trick Daddy, is an American rapper from the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida.[2] He is best known for his 2003 single "Let's Go" (featuring Twista and Lil Jon), which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The album of which it preceded, Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets (2004) peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart; both of which remain his most successful releases to date.
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Birth name | Maurice Samuel Young[1] |
Also known as | Trick Daddy Dollars |
Born | (1974-09-27) September 27, 1974 (age 49)[2] Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Genres | Gangsta rap, southern hip hop |
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Years active | 1996–present |
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Website | trickdaddydollar |
Prior, he signed to local record label Slip-n-Slide Records for the release of his debut album Based on a True Story (1997) and its sequel, www.thug.com (1998). Becoming the flagship artist for the label, he signed a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records to release Book of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47 (2000), Thugs Are Us (2001), and Thug Holiday (2002), which were met with moderate commercial success. He followed up Thug Matrimony with the albums Back by Thug Demand (2006) and the independently-released Finally Famous: Born a Thug, Still a Thug (2009), and notably guest appeared on hometown native DJ Khaled's singles "I'm So Hood" in 2007 and "Out Here Grindin'" in 2008.[3]