  katrina laverne taylor (born december 3, 1978), better known by her stage name trina, is an american rapper and model from miami, florida. trina first gained notoriety in 1998 with her appearance on trick daddy's second studio album www.thug.com on the single "nann nigga". since then, she has released five moderately successful studio albums. xxl magazine calls her "the most consistent female rapper of all time". source magazine celebrated trina's career for the 2012 women's history month. in 2013, complex magazine ranked "pull over" #27 in their top 50 best rap songs by women.http://www.complex.com/music/2013/04/the-50-best-rap-songs-by-women/pull-over in 2014, trina was included in billboards list of the "31 female rappers who changed hip-hop".http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5923011/ladies-first-31-female-rappers-who-changed-hip-hop?page=0%2c12 ==early life== trina's father is half dominican and african american; her mother is of bahamian descent{{cite web |url=http://bitchielife.necolebitchie.com/2010/08/exclusive-interview-trina-talks-beef-break-ups-and-ballers/|title=exclusive interview: trina talks beef, break-ups, and ballers!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021065345/http://bitchielife.necolebitchie.com/2010/08/exclusive-interview-trina-talks-beef-break-ups-and-ballers/|archivedate=2010-10-21|ye
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