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Trina
Background information
Birth name	Katrina Laverne Taylor
Also known as	Diamond Princess [1]
Born	December 3, 1978 (1978-12-03) (age 29)Miami, Florida, U.S.A
Origin	Miami, Florida, U.S.A
Genre(s)	Rap, hip hop, Miami bass, dirty south, dirty rap, hardcore rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1998—present
Label(s)	Slip-N-Slide EMI (2006–present) Atlantic Records (1998–2006)
Associated acts	Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Plies, Flo-Rida, Pitbull, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Remy Ma, Jacki-O, Ludacris
Website	Official Website

Katrina Laverne Taylor better known by her stage name Trina, is a famous rapper from Miami known for her raw and raunchy style.^[1] She is hailed by the rap community as the Queen of the South.^{citation needed}

Early life

Trina was born Katrina Laverne Taylor December 3, 1978 in Miami, Florida. ^[2][3] She is of African American and Dominican descent. ^{[4] [3]} As a child, Trina was raised in Liberty City, home of Miami's few low-income housing projects. ^[4]

Career

Trina debuted in 1998 on Slip-N-Slide label mate Trick Daddy's "Nann Nigga". ^[1] Her first two albums, the certified platinum 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 certified gold album, 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.

Da Baddest Bitch and Diamond Princess era

In March of 2000, Trina's debut album Da Baddest Bitch was released. The album entered the Billboard Chart at No. 33,^{citation needed} and eventually sold more than million copies around the world and 700,000 in the U.S. The album's lead single, also titled "Da Baddest Bitch" underperformed but the following single, "Pull Over", became one of Trina's biggest hits.

The next two years she spent time with Missy Elliot developing her second album.^[1] On 27 August 2002 Trina released her second album Diamond Princess in USA.^[5] The album spawned three singles, including "No Panties", which became Trina's first release outside of the U.S and the smash hit song B R Right featuring Ludacris.

Glamorest Life era

Her third studio album titled Glamorest Life was released 4 October 2005,^[6] it charted at #11 on the Billboard Albums.^[7] 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. The Glamorest Life also sold more than 400,000 units in the U.S. according to Soundscan totals.^[8]

2008 - Present: Still da Baddest

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.^[9]

The album debuted at #1 on the Rap charts, #1 R&B charts to mostly positive reviews and at #6 on the The Billboard 200, her highest position ever, with sales of 47,000. On August 9,2008 the album was ceritfied Gold by the RIAA.^[10][11] the first week.^[1] This album was an improvement from her previous album Glamorest Life.^[1]

Discography

Main articles: Trina discography and Trina videography

• Da Baddest Bitch (2000)
• Diamond Princess (2002)
• Glamorest Life (2005)
• Still da Baddest (2008)

References

External links

• trina-online.com - official website
• - Trina - Look Back At Me Music Video
• Trina at MySpace