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10 Facts About Tru Life

1.

Tru Life was signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records briefly but was incarcerated soon after.

2.

Tru Life's career started in 1999 after being signed to Dreamworks Records.

3.

Tru Life was signed to a six-figure record deal later that evening.

4.

Tru Life gained a significant amount of notice when he made an original song "Wet Em Up" for Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional radio station "The Beat 102.7", which was used in the Playboy X trailer released weeks prior to the game.

5.

Tru Life had a feud with Mobb Deep that was documented in the film Beef.

6.

Since coming out of prison in 2016 Tru Life has stated he is done with any beefs or feuds he had in the past.

7.

Tru Life is of the opinion that he has been through so much in his life that the old rivalries he was once engaged in now seem meaningless.

8.

Tru Life pleaded guilty to "gang assault" and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

9.

Tru Life's brother pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

10.

Tru Life began his prison sentence in 2011 and was released in April 2016, having served five years of his sentence.