Obie Trice III was born on November 14,1977 and is an American rapper.
23 Facts About Obie Trice
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Obie Trice was signed to fellow Detroit rapper Eminem's Shady Records in 2002, where he released the albums Cheers and Second Round's on Me.
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Obie Trice III was born and raised on the west side of Detroit, Michigan, by his mother, along with three brothers.
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Positive response from watchers encouraged Obie Trice to get into rap music seriously.
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Trice was calling himself "Obie 1" at that time, but before Proof introduced him at the Hip Hop Shop, he asked him his real name and introduced him as "Obie Trice", which remains his rap name.
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Later, Obie Trice's manager arranged for him to have dinner and go to a Kid Rock party with Eminem.
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Obie Trice created a freestyle skit on the D12 album Devil's Night, following up with an intro snippet in Eminem's The Eminem Show lead single "Without Me", as well as the song "Drips".
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Later in 2002, Obie Trice rapped on songs for the 8 Mile soundtrack, and had a cameo appearance in the film as a rapper in a parking lot.
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Obie Trice released the singles "The Set Up" and "Don't Come Down".
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Obie Trice featured on the track Hennessey on Tupac Shakur's posthumous album Loyal To The Game.
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In 2005, Obie Trice began work on his second album, entitled Second Round's on Me.
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Obie Trice made a speech at Proof's funeral, addressing the problem of black-on-black violence:.
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In June 2008, Obie Trice departed from Shady Records due to concern that he was not being promoted properly.
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Contrary to public belief at the time of the announcement, Obie Trice did not have a falling out with Eminem or Dr Dre.
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The album is a collection of eleven of Obie Trice's tracks recorded with MoSS from 1997 to 2000.
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On June 15,2015, Obie Trice released the first single "Good Girls" from The Hangover, which was released on August 7.
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On December 10,2019, Obie Trice released a diss track called "Spanky Hayes" against Nick Cannon to defend Eminem after Nick Cannon released two diss tracks against Eminem.
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On December 31,2005, Obie Trice's car was shot six times and while driving on the Lodge Expressway by Wyoming Avenue in Detroit.
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Obie Trice was able to drive off the expressway, where his girlfriend waved down the police.
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Obie Trice was taken to Providence Hospital and released later that day.
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TMZ reported on December 6,2019, that Obie Trice was arrested for shooting his girlfriend's son.
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On July 8,2020, Obie Trice was sentenced to 90 days in the Oakland County Jail in Michigan from charges related to the shooting.
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On June 16,2022, Obie Trice was arrested and jailed after an arraignment in District Court in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on a charge of using a telephone to harass or threaten someone.