Trife Diesel or Trife Da God (born Theo Bailey on July 11, 1980, in

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Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its original members include RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa. Close aff ...

. He is a protégé and close associate of

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and is part of both of his protégé groups T.M.F. and

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. He started his career on

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's 1999 '' Manchild'', and was featured in ''

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'' on the album's opener "Biscuits." A Theodore Unit album and mixtape followed. In November 2005 he released the album ''

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'' with Ghostface, packaged with a DVD of Ghostface in concert. He has also appeared on the early 2006 Ghostface album '' Fishscale'' on the tracks " Be Easy", "Clipse of Doom", "Jellyfish", and "Dogs of War" as well as on "Miguel Sanchez", "Guns N' Razors", "Good", "Josephine (Remix)" and "Grew Up Hard" from Ghostface's late 2006 album ''

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''. He has in also recorded with many artists outside of Wu-Tang, such as

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, AC, and

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. He was also featured on 'Ooh Wee', the lead-single from

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's debut album, "

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Discography

Solo albums

*'' Better Late Than Never'' (2009) * The Project Pope II (2018)

Collaborations

*'' 718'' (2004) with

*''

'' (2005) with

*''NY's Backbone'' (2006) with

(Mixtape) * 780 (2018) with DJ M80

External links

Interview with Trife Da God
1980 births Living people African-American male rappers People from Staten Island Rappers from New York City Wu-Tang Clan affiliates 21st-century American rappers {{US-hiphop-bio-stub