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TRINA
Diamond
Princess
by Bayer L.
Mack
Photographs by Wayne Sterling
As seen in Issue #5
Diamonds are forever, and so is the reigning baddest
bitch in the music industry. There’s always
more to Trina than meets the eye!
For an artist universally known for having “the
best ass in the business,” Trina doesn’t
come off as the raunchy sex bomb she portrays in her
songs.
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She’s
a homegirl, but not a big city homegirl—a “down-home”
girl. She speaks intelligently, sweetly, and in complete
sentences, not chickenhead shorthand. After you talk to
her for a few minutes, she becomes even sexier than before.
The kind of sista you wouldn’t mind having as your
baby’s mama.
Maybe that’s the reason for the mass hysteria
Trina creates whenever she puts out a photo spread or
graces the cover of a magazine. Not to mention the reaction
she gets when she makes a public appea-rance. Simply stated,
it’s off the chain.
“I get that a lot from men and women,” Trina
says, referring to the frenzy her fans go into whenever
she’s spotted in public. “It’s always
a big deal. There’s so much excite- ment, but I’m
used to it. I’m thankful. I think it’s funny.”
However, being a sex symbol does have its drawbacks. Trina
has a boomin’ body, and she likes to wear clothes
that complement her figure. Sometimes, this can be too
much for her hormone-crazed fans.
“Anywhere I go, I’m always dressed to kill,”
Trina says confidently. “It will always be something
that I’m comfortable in. I make sure nothing’s
hanging out or whatever, but I’m going to wear what
makes me feel good. I take [the attention] and roll with
it, but sometimes it can be annoying. People can take
it too far. They get a little carried away when they see
skin.”
While Trina’s sex appeal has propelled her to stardom
in the hip-hop world, it has also pigeonholed her in the
entertainment industry. Nowhere has this been more evident
than in her calculated move to parlay her rap success
into an acting career.
“It’s stereotyping,” Trina says, referring
to the roles she’s been offered. “I want to
be in the right movie. I want to be able to do a comedy
with Ice Cube, but I also want to be able to do a drama
with Tom Hanks. I want to be Ice Cube and Tom Hanks.”
There are, however, some roles that Trina has some reservations
about doing.
“They want me to do a scary movie, but I don’t
know about that. I’m scared of doing a scary movie,”
she says, laughing. “I mean, I’d do one, but
I don’t like watching them—unless I’m
with a bunch of my friends.”
While Hollywood waits, Trina’s focus is on her day
job in the music business. The release of Diamond Princess,
the follow-up to her gold-certified debut, Da Baddest
Bitch, marks this young artist’s coming of age.
“I went on the road,” she says, explaining
how she spent her time since Da Baddest Bitch. “I’ve
been away for two years, and I don’t want people
to think I’m just gonna put together anything. On
the first album, it was a bunch of people telling me what
to do, but this time I called the shots. If I wasn’t
feeling a song, it didn’t make it on the album.”
Continued in Issue
#5
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