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Artist
Trai'd
12+ albums
rapHip-HopSouthern Hip Hop
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Biography: According to the dictionary a trademark is a name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer. It is a distinctive characteristic by which a person or thing comes to be known. It is also the root-word from which Texas rapper Trai'D (pronounced Tray D), one of the South's hottest MCs choose to base his stage moniker Traidmark on. "Trai'D is short for Traidmark. I chose that as my name because a "trademark" is the symbol that a company or organization uses to represent them and their product. In my case where ever I'm at I'm representin' my people, my City, my label, everything I stand for to the fullest, ya dig." Born Joseph Aschalew in Dallas, Texas seventeen years ago, Trai'D grew up in the City's rough and tumble Oakcliff district, a place where poverty, drugs and violent crime walk hand-in- hand, often claiming the lives of many young Black and Latino males. But thanks to his parents who encouraged him to excel in academics and cultivated his love of music, Trai'D was able to avoid the pitfalls that life in Dallas roughest area had to offer. "My parents always knew it would be easy for me to fall victim to the streets," explains Trai'D. "They tried their best to keep me out of trouble by makin' me go to Cedar Hill High School, a school outside of the Cliff. But to tell the truth my parents didn't have to do that. I seen too many of my niggas make poor decisions with their
