Trina

Katrina Laverne Kearse is an American rapper who rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles "Nann Nigga", "Shut Up", and "Take It to da House". In 2000, she released her debut album Da Baddest Bitch.

From the moment "Nann Nigga" hit in 1998, Trina and Trick Daddy established Miami as a female rap power base that wouldn't be denied—their Slip-N-Slide partnership became the blueprint for regional dominance. Her debut *Da Baddest Bitch* arrived in 2000 as a statement of intent, brash and unapologetic in a landscape still skeptical of women's rap credentials, especially below the Mason-Dixon line. Trina's collaborations with Lil Wayne ("Pull Over") and later mentorship of Nicki Minaj created a lineage of Miami-to-mainstream success that fundamentally shifted how Southern women rappers operated in hip-hop's upper echelon. Six studio albums and countless mixtapes proved she wasn't a one-hit fixture—she was building a career, not riding a wave.