TRINA rose to fame back in the nineties and has since become a household name.
She has enjoyed a consistent career but there have also been bumps along the road.
Who is Trina?
Trina is best known for her rapping career which began 1998 when she collaborated with Trick Daddy.
Following this, Trina became a well-known figure in the music industry, often being described as ‘the most consistent female rapper of all time’.
On March 21, 2000, Trina released her debut album Da Baddest B****, which debuted at No. 33 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
It stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for 39 weeks and on the Hip-Hop/R&B album chart for 49 consecutive weeks.
In 2001, Trina started to work on her second album with Missy Elliott and during this time, she started her own record label imprint, Diva Enterprises.
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2005 brought Trina’s third studio album, Glamorest Life which was followed by Still da Baddest in 2008.
Trina’s fifth album Amazin’ was released in 2010 and her mixtape Diamonds Are Forever followed the year after.
She has also featured in TV appearances throughout her career.
During the busiest part of her career, Trina was in an on-off relationship with fellow rapper Lil Wayne in 2005-2007.
Trina dated basketball player Kenyon Martin from 2007 to 2010 and then went on to be in a relationship with rapper French Montana from 2012 to 2014.
The star got engaged to Raymond Taylor in 2021 after being together since 2017.
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What happened to Trina’s niece?
It has been reported than a 17-year-old who is allegedly the niece of Trina was fatally shot in Miama, Florida.
The shooting is thought to have take place on Wednesday at roughly 12:30am where a girl — later identified as Toni Chester by her relatives was killed.
Two other people were reportedly injured during the shooting.
Trina has not spoken publically about her niece but Bobby Lytes, who is Trina’s cousin and Love & Hip Hop: Miami costar, shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram.
