I'm a Thug
Trick Daddy
2001
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About Trick Daddy
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Trick Daddy is the Miami rapper Maurice Young, first widely heard as Trick Daddy Dollars on Luke's Scarred. His regional recordings combined club-oriented beats with a quick, fluid delivery. The albums www.thug.com and Thugs Are Us expanded his audience, with I'm a Thug bringing a national pop breakthrough in 2001.
Artist background sources
Trick Daddy - AllMusic biography
Read Miami identity, early Luke collaboration, delivery and Thugs Are Us breakthrough. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Trick Daddy - Apple Music biography
Read Slip-n-Slide, www.thug.com and Atlantic period. Birth-year conflict and unrelated legal material are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
I'm a Thug by Trick Daddy is included in the 2001 annual collection. The cited US year-end table lists it at number 89. A documented songwriting inspiration has not been established for this record; this is chart context, not a creative-origin account.
Chart or collection context only
Billboard year-end 2001 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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Billboard year-end 2001 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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