Trick-Trick
| Trick-Trick | |
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| Birth name | Christian Mathis |
| Born | June 28, 1973 |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, producer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
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Christian Mathis (born June 28, 1973), better known by his stage name Trick-Trick, is an American hip hop artist and member of rap group The Goon Sqwad.
Trick-Trick was born in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up listening to gospel, soul and funk music at home; two of his early musical memories were Phil Collins and George Clinton. Later on in his childhood he began to listen to hip hop such as Public Enemy, N.W.A and Run DMC.
Trick's nickname was given to him at a very young age for his competent schemes of attracting the girls of his neighborhood, though later on he changed his name to Trick-Trick, due to the international success of the British rapper Tricky-whom (the soon to be called). Trick-Trick found that he had legal rights to the name. He decided on Trick-Trick to play off the name "Click Click", a well known street figure whom Christian always wanted to emulate in any way possible. Trick began his journey in the rap business when he signed his first deal with Click-Click's label, Click Boom Records in 1992.
As a teenager his father, a talented musician taught and encouraged Christian's siblings and himself various musical instruments and encouraged them towards gospel music. Trick-Trick joined Detroit's B.K. (short for "Black Killers") gang as a youth. After the lure of the streets swayed him away from education, he spent a brief stint in the county prison. After being released, he became the third member and back up rapper in the Goon Sqwad behind local Detroit rapper Stylez and DJ OC.
Trick-Trick is also credited with being the man responsible for making Detroit, Michigan a "No Fly Zone", meaning rappers that are not from the city who do not support artists from the city or make contributions to the city are not welcome to perform in Detroit. He is perhaps best known in the underground rap scene for attacking rappers like Trick Daddy, Yung Berg, Rick Ross and Styles P when they came to Detroit. They were evidently talking about the city in a manner he didn't appreciate and he had them "touched" by his crew.
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