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Obie Trice III (born November 14 1977) is an United States|American rapping|rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He began rapping at the age of 11, and had a number of underground hits such as "Respect", "My Club", "Dope Jobs Homeless", and "The Well Known Asshole" before he signed to Shady Records in 2000. Obie Trice credits himself for having no "rap name", but instead using his birth name/given name for performing, as also mentioned in one of his songs, "Rap Name".
Biography
Obie Trice was raised on Detroit, Michigan|Detroit's West Side, in the Schoolcraft Avenue neighborhood. by his mother, along with three brothers. He was given a karaoke machine by his mother when he was eleven and he used it to rhyme over instrumentals from artists such as N.W.A. By the age of fourteen, he was attending rap battle spots around Detroit, notably including the Hip Hop Shop, on which Obie commented ,
{{cquote|There was a place called the Hip-hop Shop. We'd go up there on Saturday afternoons for the battles. They were hosted by Proof (rapper)|Proof, from D12. I got a response every time I went. That's when I said, 'OK, I wanna get into this music.' "Really, I didn't have a backup plan...<ref name="Rolling Stone">Mark Binelli (September 10, 2003). "[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/obietrice/articles/story/594... read all
Obie Brklace Cover
