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Tray Deee
Birth nameTracy Lamar Davis
Also known asTray Deee, Tray Dee
Born (1966-04-27) April 27, 1966 (age 58)
OriginLong Beach, California, U.S.
GenresWest Coast hip hop
Gangsta rap
Occupation(s)Rapper, author[1]
Years active1994–present
LabelsDeath Row (1994–1997)
Doggystyle (1995–2005) (2014–present)
TVT (1999–2005)
Supreme Circle Music Group (2014– )
WebsiteOfficial website

Tracy Lamar Davis (born April 27, 1966), better known by his stage name Big Tray Deee, is an American rapper who was once signed to Death Row Records and later signed with Snoop Dogg's label Dogghouse Records.

Career

Tray Deee made his first appearance on Snoop Doggy Dogg's Murder Was the Case soundtrack in 1994, guest starring on the track 21 Jumpstreet, followed by an appearance on Tha Doggfather in 1996. In 1999, he joined the Platinum-selling group Tha Eastsidaz, which consisted of himself, Snoop Dogg and Goldie Loc.[2][3] The group released two albums. Simultaneously and after the Eastsidaz project he was affiliated with car club-street band the IV Life Family. He later signed to the related record label IV Life Records.

Before becoming a rapper Davis was an active gang member. Tray Deee is one of the original members of the Insane Crips Gang in Long Beach, California. On February 2, 2005, he was sentenced to twelve years in prison for attempted murder, stemming from a 2003 incident in which he fired at rival gang members. He was imprisoned at California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California for nine years. He was released from prison on April 3, 2014.[2][4]

In 2014, Tray Deee plans to release his debut solo album, following a series of mixtapes.[5][6] The first of these mixtapes, Long Beach State of Mind Vol. I, was recorded while Tray Deee was incarcerated, on a smart phone in a makeshift vocal booth made from blankets and boxes in his cell.[2] On April 18 and 19, Tray Deee reunited with Goldie Loc to perform at "Krush Groove 2014" at Save Mart Center in Fresno and The Forum in Inglewood.[7] On July 15, Snoop Dogg released his mixtape That's My Work Vol. 4 which features both Goldie Loc and Tray Deee. On April 27, 2015, he released a single "On the Blocc" along with official music video, the single was produced by Nat Powers. Tray Deee has stated that it is unlikely that there will ever be another Eastsidaz album.[8]

Discography

Big Tray Deee

Tha Eastsidaz (Tray Deee with Goldie Loc & Snoop Dogg)

Other collaborations

Mixtapes and compilations
  • The General's List (2002)
  • Long Beach State of Mind Vol. I: The Mixtape (2014)
  • Long Beach State of Mind Vol. II: Street Officials (2016)

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Iz U wit It"[10] 2002 The General's List
"Blazin' Endo"[11]
(featuring Bam) 		2003
"On the Blocc"[12] 2015 The 3rd Coming
"The Return"[13]
(featuring Kokane) 		2016
List of singles as featured artist, with other performing artists and selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
 US R&B
 US Rap
"Beware of My Crew"[14]
(LBC Crew featuring Roger Troutman, Tray Deee & South Sentrell) 		1995 75 51 8 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate soundtrack
"Keep It Gangsta"[15]
(Livio featuring Tray Deee) 		2001 — — — My Life, Vol. 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles
List of promotional singles as featured artist, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Way Too Major"[16]
(Daz featuring Tray Deee) 		1997 Gang Related soundtrack
"Clockin' C Notes"[17]
(Made Men featuring Soopafly, Tha Dogg Pound and Tray Deee) 		1999 Classic Limited Edition
"Represent Dat G.C."[18]
(Kurupt featuring Daz, Soopafly, Tray Deee, Jayo Felony, Snoop Dogg and Butch Cassidy) 		2000 Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Droppin' Bombz"[19] 1995 South Sentrell The Show soundtrack
"Reality"[20] Tha Dogg Pound Dogg Food
"(O.J.) Wake Up"[21] 1996 Snoop Dogg Tha Doggfather
"Downtown Assassins"[21] Snoop Dogg, Daz
"Bag o' Weed"[22] 1997 Nate Dogg G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1
"Get Money"[23] DJ Pooh, Charlie Wilson, Threat Bad Newz Travels Fast
"Gangsta Vocabulary"[23] DJ Pooh, Threat
"East Side Madness"[24] Swoop G, T-Luni Undisputed
"Gang Related"[25] Daz, CJ Mac, WC Gang Related soundtrack
"Oh No"[26] 1998 Daz, J-Money Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back
"Thank God for My Life"[26] Daz, Big Pimpin' Delemond, Bad Azz
"Nuthin' Has Changed"[27] King Tee, Kool G Rap The Kingdom Come
"All Aboard"[28] Twinz Straight Outta Cali
"King Pin"[28] J-Money, Kurupt, Crooked I
"It's Goin' Down"[28] Tha Low Life Gangstas, J-Money
"Don't Test Me"[28] J-Money, Crooked I, Legacy
"Way Too Crazy"[29] Daz, Jayo Felony Rush Hour soundtrack
"Everythang Happens fo' a Reason"[30] Bad Azz Word on tha Streets
"C-Walk"[31] Kurupt, Slip Capone Kuruption!
"Gangsta Shit's Like a Drug"[32] Mack 10, Squeak Ru The Recipe
"Breakout"[33] Kokane S.I. Riders
"One More Lick"[34] TQ They Never Saw Me Coming
"Hell Ya"[35] 1999 Soopafly Whiteboys soundtrack
"Throw It Up"[36] Rappin' 4-Tay, Snoop Dogg, Roger Troutman Introduction to Mackin'
"Neva Gonna Give It Up"[37] Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Soopafly Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
"It Ain't About You"[37] Kurupt, Soopafly, Latoya Williams
"Ta Get n"[38] 2000 C-Lim What Dat 'N' Like
"Ride or Die"[39] Spice 1, Yukmouth, Jayo Felony The Playa Rich Project
"Fuck with Us"[40] 2001 Kurupt, Xzibit Bones soundtrack
"G's & Hustlas" 2002 C-Bo Life as a Rider
"Thuggin'"[41] Spice 1, Kokane Spiceberg Slim
"Game"[42] 2003 40 Glocc, Spice 1 The Jakal

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Starbury, Allen (March 8, 2012). "Incarcerated Rapper Tray Deee Turns Author With New Book". Baller Status. Retrieved July 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Collective State TV - Big Tray Deee Talks Prison Life, Long Beach State Of Mind & More From His Cell". YouTube. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Torreano, Bradley. "Big Tray Deee – Biography". All Music. Retrieved July 21, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Davis, Tracy Lamar (April 3, 2014). "Tray Deee - [...] Big Tray Deee is officially ON THE BRICKS!!! [...]". Twitter. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Davis, Tracy Lamar (March 10, 2013). "[...] Working on mixtape & will drop solo album soon after release". Twitter. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  6. ^ Powers, Nat (December 13, 2013). "Proud to say i'm now a part of @BIGTRAYDEEE 's debut album, which is coming soon. When he's released from Prison in 2014, the west is back". Twitter. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  7. ^ Sanchez, Tim (January 27, 2014). "Tray Dee and Goldie Loc To Reunite As KDAY's Krush Groove Moves To The Forum!". AllHipHop.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Davis, Tracy (May 13, 2016). "... there more-than-likely won't EVER be another Eastsidaz album ..." Twitter. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  9. ^ Davis, Tracy (October 14, 2015). "... the #T3C project is nearing completion ..." Twitter. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  10. ^ "Iz U wit It - Tray Deee". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Blazin' Endo - Tray Deee". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  12. ^ "On the Blocc - Single by Tray Deee". iTunes Store. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  13. ^ "The Return - Tray Deee". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  14. ^ "LBC Crew - Awards, Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  15. ^ "Keep It Gangsta - Livio". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  16. ^ "Way Too Major - Daz Dillinger". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  17. ^ "Clockin' C Notes - Made Men". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  18. ^ "Represent Dat G.C. - Kurupt". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  19. ^ "The Show (soundtrack)". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  20. ^ "Dogg Food - Tha Dogg Pound". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  21. ^ a b "Tha Doggfather - Snoop Dogg". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  22. ^ "G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 - Nate Dogg". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  23. ^ a b "Bad Newz Travels Fast - DJ Pooh". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  24. ^ "Undisputed - Swoop G". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  25. ^ "Gang Related (soundtrack)". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  26. ^ a b "Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back - Daz Dillinger". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  27. ^ "The Kingdom Come - King Tee". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  28. ^ a b c d "Straight Outta Cali - C-Style". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  29. ^ "Rush Hour (soundtrack)". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  30. ^ "Word on tha Streets - Bad Azz". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  31. ^ "Kuruption! - Kurupt". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  32. ^ "The Recipe - Mack 10". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  33. ^ "S.I. Riders". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  34. ^ "They Never Saw Me Coming - TQ". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  35. ^ "Whiteboys (soundtrack)". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  36. ^ "Introduction to Mackin' - Rappin' 4-Tay". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  37. ^ a b "Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha - Kurupt". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  38. ^ "What Dat 'N' Like - C-Lim". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  39. ^ "The Playa Rich Project - Spice 1". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  40. ^ "Bones (soundtrack)". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  41. ^ "Spiceberg Slim - Spice 1". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  42. ^ "The Jakal - 40 Glocc". Discogs. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  43. ^ movie
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