Trina has labored with lots of the greats through the years, and specific names she has all of the flowers for are Lil Wayne and Missy Elliott.
The Diamond Princess caught up with HipHopDX‘s Jeremy Hecht backstage at One Music Fest in Atlanta in October, and had nothing however nice issues to say when it got here to each.
Whereas her engagement to Weezy within the mid 2000s in the end didn’t work out, their friendship and dealing relationship remained intact and resulted in a number of collabs together with their 2005 hit “Don’t Journey.” Trina stated that to her, he’ll all the time be one of many greats.
“Simply approach when he first began, Wayne was all the time a unique type of artist,” Trina stated. “He was very passionate and really constant. He had a unique sound, completely different voice from another artist – another male rapper within the recreation. His starvation simply confirmed, simply from a really younger age. I simply type of watched him develop into Lil Wayne — from child Wayne to The Fireman to rising and rising. And that was only a good factor as a result of he’s a fantastic particular person and a fantastic artist. He’s one of many greats.”
As for Missy, she and Trina have a couple of tracks within the bag as effectively – and apparently their studio time is all the time an expertise.
“Missy Elliott [deserves her flowers],” Trina added. “I’ma all the time shout out to Missy Elliott as a result of she’s the highest tier of us, of the females — our era. I imply, in addition to simply being a rapper, being an artist, a author, a producer – she’s written for a number of the largest stars on the planet like Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, the listing goes on.”
Trina continued: “And it’s simply a type of issues being a lady arising in that point and being a brilliant highly effective girl amongst simply being an artist and a pioneer. It speaks for itself. You’ll be able to simply watch all the things she do, whether or not it’s music, manufacturing or concert events/exhibits, no matter. It’s gonna be phenomenal.
“Within the studio with Missy, you don’t actually get to work with… Okay, so Missy works by herself. She’ll create, she’ll have a separate studio and you’ll go work out what your half is. Missy’s sound results and all that stuff, you don’t get to see that. That’s in her private little cave. She does it after which when she convey you in, you hear that and also you say, ‘What the hell? How did you try this?!’
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“It’s one among them issues — it’s genius. It’s simply an inspiration to be within the studio together with her and to look at her create like that and be so artistic and so gifted. Watch her begin from scratch and put a report collectively that’s gonna go from Monica or Ciara or Janet — that’s simply past phenomenal.”
Trina has not solely loved a 25-year music profession that has spawned hit singles, fiery verses and collaborations with the likes of the aforementioned artists, however her philanthropic efforts have made her a beloved determine in Miami.
The Rockstarr Music MC launched the Diamond Doll Basis in 2006, which holds annual toy drives to donate presents to hospitalized youngsters and foster children within the metropolis through the vacation season.
In 2022, she was honored together with her personal day in her hometown of Miami, along with receiving the important thing to town.
