Tre-8

Producer/rapper Tre-8 is one of the many hip-hop artists to come out of Master P's No Limit Records during the mid-'90s, when P had one of the most exciting collections of young talent in the rap industry. Tre-8 was born in Detroit, but had relocated to New Orleans, where he first began to explore his skills as a producer. He began to craft tracks that fit into the lazy drawl and stripped-down production of many other New Orleans rappers, and soon he caught the ear of local entrepreneur Master P. When the two met, they discovered that Tre-8's beats fit P's vision of no-frills,...