Trina hit the hip hop scene just as southern hip hop was beginning to cross over into the mainstream. The Miami femcee has a unique perspective on the subgenre's transformation over the years and points out that regional biases kept southern hip hop bubbling below the surface for years.
"At first, people really did not take the South that seriously," Trina says. "It wasn't considered real hip-hop - just fast music, a lot of up-tempo, booty-shaking dance music. Over the years, it has gotten stronger, and there are some Southern artists - Trick [Daddy], T.I., Ludacris, Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross - that took what they believed in and turned it into a whole hip-hop genre. I'm really honored to be a part of that movement. There are so many different artists from different parts of the South that have different types of music. And now it's taking over - and at first it wasn't even considered!"
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