Taking participation in Z90 Jingle Jam Concert on December 28, 2005 in San Diego together with Snoop Dogg, Twista, and Pitbull, Trina certainly could close the year with a wide smile as her third album, "Glamorest Life," has gloriously taken the 2nd position on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. Also slated to appear alongside David Banner in "Showtime at the Apollo" on December 24, this lovely rapper unquestionably kept being active in exhibiting her skills for she has joined Sean Paul, Chris Brown, Juelz Santana, and Keyshia Cole to perform on BET's New Years Special, "106 & Party," aired on the last day of 2005. A native of Miami who was born with the name Katrina Le'verne Taylor on December 3, 1978, Trina originally underwent a profession as a real estate agent before she was spotted by Trick Daddy, a local Dirty South rapper. Interested in her raw talent, the gifted artist then included her in the making of his single, "Nann Nigga," which surprisingly became a regional hit, even managed to enter the top 3 of Billboard Hot Rap Singles in 1999. Subsequently signed under Slip-N-Slide Records following this initial success, she quickly set out to develop her own singing career, smoothly releasing her debut album "Da Baddest Bitch" on March 7, 2000. To Trina's delight, this first effort resulted very well as it wonderfully sold for around 700, 000 copies in U.S. to be certified Gold status by RIAA while made its way to reach the 33rd rank on The Billboard 200. By the time her two tracks, "Pull Over" and "Da Baddest Bitch," turned out to be national smash hits, she had already been considered as the part of women rappers' new wave consisted of the notorious Lil' Kim, Da Brat and Foxy Brown. Getting more popular through the remixes of Missy Elliott's "One Minute Man" and Ludacris' "What's Your Fantasy" which she was featured in, this striking artist thus spent the rest of the year to hold a tour around the country. Still maintained her rebellious nature of making controversial compositions which contained sexual and profane lyrics, Trina afterwards came up with her second work entitled "Diamond Princess" on August 27, 2002. Although the sale of this sophomore effort could not surpass the amount scored by its predecessor, the album's result was quite amazing as it soared to number 14 of The Billboard 200. Some of its tunes, like "No Panties" and "B R Right" also received major airplays on some radio stations, unquestionably enhancing her status and superiority among other female rappers in American music scene. Once again involved in the remixes of other artists' works, including Chingy's "Right Thurr", Webbie's "Bad Bitch", and Ebony Eyez's "In Ya Face", it was not until October 2005 that Trina brought out her next album, "Glamorest Life." Marvelously debuted at number 11 on The Billboard 200, it made satisfying result when sold for 77,000 copies one week after being released, then grew increasingly to score more than 210,000 copies sale by late 2005. In the meantime, its hit song, "Here We Go" featuring Kelly Rowland, strived to the top 20 of three Billboard Music Charts while also took the 17th position of Billboard Hot 100, showing that she has maintained her career really well despite her 3-years hiatus. She earned nomination as Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Female Artist at 2005 American Music Awards before parting with Atlantic Records to sign a new deal with EMI Music Group. She is back to the "Baddest" theme for her fourth studio album that is tentatively titled 'Still the Baddest'. The album will be released on February 12, 2008 with first single called 'Single Again'. Book Trina for shows and concerts at Heavy Rotation booking agency. Worldwide Bookings with HR Booking. Trina Booking, Book Trina. Book artists like Trina, Trina booking agent, contact Trina email, Trina manager, Trina management for concerts, bookings, biography, pictures, videos. Trina may be available for your club shows, private party, festivals or other events.
