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| OBIE TRICE - real name, no gimmicks. One sentence, But it really says it all. Rapping under his government name, Obie Trice, is the real deal, no frills, no filler. Just skills and personality. Obie, whose career jumped off in the same Detroit neighborhoods and underground scene that had birthed Eminem, was quick to keep his attention once they met. "I'm basically a real laid back type of dude," says Trice of his first meeting with Em, "But I'm really about my music, so we got along great from the jump." Em was so impressed with Obie's work ethic, and felt so strongly that he fit the Shady roster, that he rushed production on a Obie freestyle skit which was added to D-12's double platinum '01 Debut 'Devil's Night.' READ MORE.... |
| Obie Trice News 'CHEERS' IS IN STORES NOW! [posted 9/23/2003] Obie Is Hittin' The Road! Visit the Tour Section to see when he's coming to your Hood! [posted 10/21/2003] YOUR CHANCE TO HANG WITH EM IS IN A "CHEERS" ALBUM NEAR YOU! When Shady Records releases Obie Trice’s debut album, Cheers, on September 23, three lucky fans will win a “Wonka-esque” prize of a lifetime. Three “Golden Tickets” will be inserted into three random pressings of the first 500,000 copies of the CD. The recipients will win an all expense paid trip to Detroit, where they will get to hang in the studio with Eminem while he records his new album. “Everybody’s always doing the same s**t with their records, says Obie Trice. ‘Buy my album, get a DVD, get a free poster, get a piece of my toilet seat’…f**k all that shit. We wanted to come with the hottest, ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ type shit for a contest. When I was a kid I would have given a nut to win something like this.” Check out the rules here. [posted 9/1/2003] Check out archieved news here. |
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