Trick Trick

Born in Detroit in 1973, Christian Mathis was given the nickname "Trick" in his teenage years, but changed it to Trick Trick when he began his foray into a rap career. The reasons for the name were manifold; particularly, he wanted to shy away from associations with British trip-hop champion Tricky and also pay homage to Detroit underground rap figurehead Click Click, who signed Trick Trick to his Click Boom Records label in 1992. Trick Trick worked closely with many Detroit rappers throughout the '90s, mostly as a supporting player in the Goon Sqwad, who scored some minor rad...