Maurice Young (born September 27, 1973), better known by his stage
name Trick Daddy, is a certified platinum American rapper and producer
from Miami, Florida.
Young appeared on the track "Scarred" by former 2 Live
Crew member, Luther "Luke" Campbell, Produced by Darren "Dj
Spin" Rudnick, from Luke's 1996 album Uncle Luke. The song became
a hit and immediately caught the attention of fans and record producers
alike. Ted Lucas, a former concert promoter and then-CEO of Slip-n-Slide
Records, signed the rapper to the newly formed record label. Slip-n-Slide
released Trick Daddy Dollars's debut album Based on a True Story
in 1997; the album was popular in the Miami area.
In 1998, when his next album www.thug.com came out, Young removed "Dollars" from
his stage name. Club-oriented track "Nann Nigga", featuring
Trina, became a national hit, peaking at the third spot of the Billboard
Hot Rap Singles chart. Atlantic Records signed Trick Daddy to
the label in 2000 and released Book of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47
that year. "Shut Up", which Jason Birchmeier of allmusic
considered "a rowdy club hit similar to 'Nann Nigga'",
followed "Nann" as the next single; featured guests on "Shut
Up" were Deuce Poppito, Trina, and Co.
Thugs Are Us, released in 2001, featured the hit single "I'm
a Thug", which reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] His
fifth album Thug Holiday boasted "In da Wind", which Birchmeier
believed was Trick Daddy's most creative single.[1] In 2004, Thug
Matrimony: Married To The Streets was released, with hit single "Let's
Go", produced by Lil Jon, featuring Twista, and sampling the
guitar riffs from the Ozzy Osbourne hit "Crazy Train".[1]
That year, Trick Daddy guest-performed on the Ying Yang Twins' "What's
Happnin!", which reached #30 on the Hot 100, #7 on the Rhythmic
Top 40, and #9 on the Hot Rap Singles.[3] "Let's Go" peaked
on #7 on the Hot 100, #4 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and #4 on Hot Rap
Tracks.[2] Back By Thug Demand followed in 2006,[1] with singles "Bet
That" and "Tuck Ya Ice" charting at the bottom of
the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.[2]
Following Back By Thug Demand, Trick Daddy appeared on several singles
by DJ Khaled: "Born-N-Raised" in 2006 from Listennn...
the Album in 2006, "I'm So Hood" from We the Best, and "Out
Here Grindin'" from We Global in 2008, all among numerous other
rappers. "Born-N-Raised" peaked at #83 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles, and "I'm So Hood" peaked at #19 on the Hot 100
and #5 on the Hot Rap Tracks.[4] He appeared on Pitbull's 2007 album
The Boatlift.[5] Trick Daddy left Slip-n-Slide in 2008 and released
his 8th studio album Finally Famous: Born a Thug Die a Thug on September
25, 2009, under his own Dunk Ryder Records. In late 2010 Trick Daddy
formed a new label Trick Daddy Music Group, bringing his fellow Dunk
Ryder artists with him, Bad Guy, Fully, Dutch Dirty, and Chocolate
City. Trick Daddy is currently working on a new album to be released
in 2011 under his new label. Therefore, he has released on the internet
a single featuring Young Jeezy, in the month of July 2011, called "I
Can't Leave These Streets Alone", a very deep and much felt
track from both the rappers, that talks about street life and their
growth as men in it.
[edit] Film career
In 2009 Trick Daddy appeared in the film Just Another Day playing
Roman, a shifty and unpredictable drug dealer. The film is about
the intersecting lives of an aspiring rapper and an old successful
rapper over the course of one day.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Trick Daddy announced that he has lupus, which has affected his
skin, and that he has stopped taking medication to combat the disease.[6]
The rapper's rationale for refusing treatment was that "Because
for every medicine they gave me I had to take a test or another medicine
every thirty days or so to make sure that medicine wasn’t causing
side effects dealing with kidney or liver failure…I just said
all together I ain’t taking no medicine."[7]
[edit] Discography
Main article: Trick Daddy discography
1997: Based on a True Story
1998: www.thug.com
2000: Book of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47
2001: Thugs Are Us
2002: Thug Holiday
2004: Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
2006: Back by Thug Demand
2009: Finally Famous: Born a Thug, Still a Thug
TBA: www.thug.com2