TRICK DADDY to showcase the “Other Miami” in his forthcoming autobiography Trick penning life story with award-winning journalist Peter Bailey for MTV/Pocket Books.
The self-proclaimed “Mayor of Miami” is adding author to his list of accolades. The rapper has signed a deal with MTV Books/Pocket Books to publish his autobiography called Magic City: Trials Of A Native Son. The book was acquired from Ayesha Pande at Collins Literary Agency by Jacob Hoye, the director of MTV Books, and will be edited by both Hoye and Pocket Books’ Executive Editor, Lauren McKenna. Trick’s co-writing the tome with journalist Peter Bailey, 28, known for his award-winning profile stories on unsung heroes in Miami’s impoverished inner city as a former staff writer at The Miami Herald.
Miami bad boy Trick Daddy exploded onto America’s pop culture landscape as one of the pioneers of Dirty South rap. His 2001 album, Thugs Are Us, established him, as one critic wrote, “alongside Ludacris and Mystikal as one of the few nationally championed Dirty South rappers, and … catapulted him onto the playlist of every urban radio station in America, not to mention MTV.” Widely credited with infusing hip hop with new life, he has been one of the most prolific southern talents since his introduction on Uncle Luke’s timeless 1996 dance floor staple, “Scarred”.
Born and raised in poverty as one of twenty-seven children, Maurice Young is considered by many as a thoughtful thug. His unsparing portrayal of life in the southern ghetto has earned him a legion of fans. Over a twelve-year career, he’s released two platinum selling albums and numerous Billboard chart toppers. The recent merger of Trick’s label, Dunk Ryders, with the high profile Cash Money Records, the home of Li’l Wayne and other platinum-selling stars, along with the upcoming release of the debut Dunk Ryders group album, is currently causing quite a buzz in music circles.
Magic City: Trials Of A Native Son, chronicles Trick Daddy’s story against the backdrop of Miami, the Magic City. It is an extraordinary story, of a childhood marked by poverty, a crime-laden adolescence, an incarceration, a meteoric rise to fame, and a struggle with a potentially fatal medical condition. It’s the story of a boy whose father was a pimp; who, left to his own devices, learned to hustle to survive and whose only role model was his brother, the drug dealer he watched plying his trade on the block. But while his story is remarkable, the most astonishing part is that he is not only still alive, but that he got out. Magic City: Trials Of A Native Son is the story of how that potent mixture of extremes, the dazzling beauty and glittering wealth of the Magic City, and the crime, the corruption and the despair playing out in its shadows gave rise to what has now become the most dominant sound in hip hop, in the process revitalizing a stagnant art form. MAGIC CITY, told in Bailey’s artful prose, is an ode to the city of Miami, a riveting tale of a paradise lost.
TRICK DADDY - Biography
Blessed with the chameleon-like ability to flip from a booty-shakin' party starter to head-bussin' hooligan to insightful educator, Miami bad boy Trick Daddy has been one of the most prolific southern talents since his introduction on Uncle Luke's timeless 1996 dance floor staple, “Scarred”. Born and raised in poverty as one of twenty-seven children, Maurice Young exploded onto America's pop culture landscape as one of the pioneers of Dirty South rap. Considered by many as a thoughtful thug, his unsparing portrayal of life in the southern ghetto and club banger hits has earned him a legion of fans. Over a twelve-year career, he's released two platinum selling albums and a number of Billboard chart toppers. The former convicted felon and ex-drug dealer has engaged listeners worldwide by making the “thug life” relevant to audiences across racial and economic lines.
Trick scored a regional hit with “Nann” which made it to the national airwaves and MTV and platinum sales. In 2001 he recorded “I'm A Thug”. The song catapulted him to the status of hip hop superstar, whose witty and thought-provoking rhymes made him a “down south 2pac” in the eyes of some hip hop historians. In 2004 he released Thug Matrimony: Married To The Streets, described as his most inventive work, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. In 2006, he released Back By Thug Demand, a more classic Trick album that brought relevance back to the Southern underground where he began. His music has been featured on hit movie soundtracks including: Training Day, On Any Given Sunday and 2 Fast 2 Furious.
In recent years Trick has focused on reforming his community, primarily the youngest among them through his “Trick Luvs Da Kids” foundation. He's lashed out against racism on the Miami-Dade school board and rallied to restore ex-felons' rights to vote. “When I look back at my childhood there really wasn't much for me to really smile about. Too many of our kids are having their childhood stolen,'' laments Trick. “Kids deserve to laugh in the sun, live out their dreams and not suffer because they live in a world we as adults messed up.'' In 2007, he reminded listeners of his devotion to thug living on the first verse of the smash hit “I'm So Hood”. His current street anthem F--- The Otha Side features a collection of young and upcoming artists on his newly minted Dunk Ryder Records. Trick's eight-studio album, Finally Famous, is slated for a highly anticipated September 15 release through a distribution deal with Fontana/Universal. The project will be Trick's first independent release. In hip hop's often scripted and clichéd ghetto narrative, Trick Daddy is a man apart.
PETER BAILEY - Biography
Peter Bailey is the co-author of Miami hip hop legend Trick Daddy’s memoir, Magic City: Trials of a Native Son, to be published by MTV/Pocket Books in spring 2010. Bailey is also featured on a song which he co-wrote on Trick Daddy’s upcoming album. He is currently covers celebrities for NBC Miami’s “The Niteside”. Before that Bailey worked as a staff writer for the Miami Herald covering pop culture and urban affairs. In 2008 he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative writing. His ongoing series, On the Margins, won multiple awards in 2006 from the Society of Professional Journalists, including “best education coverage” in the state of Florida. He also won for best criminal law reporting for the series, Dying Young, detailing black on black violence. His provocative series on incarcerated students, Shackled Education, was awarded “best enterprising reporting” by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Before joining The Herald, Bailey worked as a staff reporter for Time magazine in New York City where he covered entertainment and national affairs. His work included a controversial feature on Kweisi Mfume’s departure from the NAACP and the iconic group’s struggle to remain relevant, the Ron Artest brawl and homophobia in dancehall reggae. Bailey joined the magazine after working as a reporter at Newsweek magazine, where he wrote features on Whiteness Studies and minority retention at America’s colleges. His work also has appeared in the Village Voice, Army Times and Wilmington News Journal.
Bailey graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in English. He’s an avid astronomer and jazz enthusiast.
Trick scored a regional hit with “Nann” which made it to the national airwaves and MTV and platinum sales. In 2001 he recorded “I'm A Thug”. The song catapulted him to the status of hip hop superstar, whose witty and thought-provoking rhymes made him a “down south 2pac” in the eyes of some hip hop historians. In 2004 he released Thug Matrimony: Married To The Streets, described as his most inventive work, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. In 2006, he released Back By Thug Demand, a more classic Trick album that brought relevance back to the Southern underground where he began. His music has been featured on hit movie soundtracks including: Training Day, On Any Given Sunday and 2 Fast 2 Furious.
In recent years Trick has focused on reforming his community, primarily the youngest among them through his “Trick Luvs Da Kids” foundation. He's lashed out against racism on the Miami-Dade school board and rallied to restore ex-felons' rights to vote. “When I look back at my childhood there really wasn't much for me to really smile about. Too many of our kids are having their childhood stolen,'' laments Trick. “Kids deserve to laugh in the sun, live out their dreams and not suffer because they live in a world we as adults messed up.'' In 2007, he reminded listeners of his devotion to thug living on the first verse of the smash hit “I'm So Hood”. His current street anthem F--- The Otha Side features a collection of young and upcoming artists on his newly minted Dunk Ryder Records. Trick's eight-studio album, Finally Famous, is slated for a highly anticipated September 15 release through a distribution deal with Fontana/Universal. The project will be Trick's first independent release. In hip hop's often scripted and clichéd ghetto narrative, Trick Daddy is a man apart.
PETER BAILEY - Biography
Peter Bailey is the co-author of Miami hip hop legend Trick Daddy’s memoir, Magic City: Trials of a Native Son, to be published by MTV/Pocket Books in spring 2010. Bailey is also featured on a song which he co-wrote on Trick Daddy’s upcoming album. He is currently covers celebrities for NBC Miami’s “The Niteside”. Before that Bailey worked as a staff writer for the Miami Herald covering pop culture and urban affairs. In 2008 he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative writing. His ongoing series, On the Margins, won multiple awards in 2006 from the Society of Professional Journalists, including “best education coverage” in the state of Florida. He also won for best criminal law reporting for the series, Dying Young, detailing black on black violence. His provocative series on incarcerated students, Shackled Education, was awarded “best enterprising reporting” by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Before joining The Herald, Bailey worked as a staff reporter for Time magazine in New York City where he covered entertainment and national affairs. His work included a controversial feature on Kweisi Mfume’s departure from the NAACP and the iconic group’s struggle to remain relevant, the Ron Artest brawl and homophobia in dancehall reggae. Bailey joined the magazine after working as a reporter at Newsweek magazine, where he wrote features on Whiteness Studies and minority retention at America’s colleges. His work also has appeared in the Village Voice, Army Times and Wilmington News Journal.
Bailey graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in English. He’s an avid astronomer and jazz enthusiast.
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