TRE DUB - WEST COAST BORN SOUTH SIDE RAISED

STRUGGLE 2 SURVIVE
TRE-DUB WAS BORN IN OXNARD,CALIFORNIA.HE WAS THE THIRD BORN FROM HIS FATHER,THIRD BORN OUT OF HIS BROTHERS,SO THEY CALL HIM TRE-DUB. AS A YOUNG BOY, TRE WOULD LISTEN TO A LOT OF R&B AND SOUL MUSIC FROM BEING AROUND HIS MOTHER AND WOULD LEARN TO MEMORIZE THE SONGS HE WOULD HEAR. WHEN HE WAS 10 YEARS OLD HE PERFORMED "GANGSTA'S PARADISE" BY COOLIO AT A NIGHT CLUB HIS MOTHER WOULD GO TO CALLED BOMBBAYS IN OXNARD, CA. AROUND THE AGE OF 13 TRE'S MOTHER SENT HIM TO FLORIDA WITH HIS FATHER TO GET HELP AND WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTHER AND 3 BROTHERS. AFTER BEING AWAY FROM FAMILY FOR A WHILE HE DECIDED TO MOVE TO HOUSTON,TEXAS WHERE THE REST OF HIS FAMILY LIVES. WHILE IN HOUSTON TRE RECORDED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LIVE STUDIO ON A MIX TAPE AT KINGS FLEA MARKET HIM AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS HAD MADE. DURING THIS TIME IN HOUSTON, HIS MOTHER MOVED TO ARKANSAS AND WANTED TRE CLOSER, SO HE MOVED TO ARKANSAS. AT THE AGE OF 17 TRE WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A FATHER.RIGHT BEFORE HIS SON KIREES WAS BORN, HE GOT INTO SOME TROUBLE AND WAS FACING 25 TO LIFE. WITH THE HELP OF HIS LAWYER,THE SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY,AND GOD, HE WAS AQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES. AFTER THOSE TROUBLES WERE OVER TRE STARTED A GROUP WITH HIS COMRADES AND GOT MORE INVOLVED IN MUSIC. TRE DUB, PHAROAH G, P-MAC, AND ILLA, STARTED A INDEPENDENT RAP GROUP CALLED 'NEWBORN SOULJAS'. THEY STARTED RECORDING AND WORKING ON THERE ALBUM; BUT SHORTLY AFTER THEY EACH HAD MORE OF THIER OWN TROUBLES AND HAD TO SEPERATE TEMPORARILY. HE EVENTUALLY GOT HIS SON AND BEGAN TO FOCUS ONCE MORE ON HIS MUSIC AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HIS ALBUM ENTITLED "STRUGGLE 2 SURVIVE". TRE HAS PERFORMED ON STAGE WITH TOO SHORT AT A SHOW IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS IN 2006. HAS ALSO MET SLIM THUG (IN HOUSTON WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL WITH HIM), LIL FLIP (AT A SHOW IN SPRINGDALE,ARKANSAS), AND T.I.(IN V.I.P. AT A SHOW IN SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS)