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Location: Chicago, Illinois

Age: 29

Releases: Sunday School & Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out

1. What’s the meaning behind your name?
There’s no [underlying] meaning to Tree, my grandparents started calling me Tree when I was a baby as a nickname to my full name, Tremaine. It stuck with me in my neighborhood and people started calling me Tree.

2. What other names have you had? 
Tree is all.

3. Which song of yours would you first want people to hear? 
Number one on the mixtape, Safe To Say. In it, I describe how it’s safe to say that I’m different from everybody. I’m me and I’m content with myself with all my flaws, my raspy voice, the birthmark on my chin. It’s safe to say that I will be accepted as I am by the masses. I don’t have no gimmicks. I make good music. Great music.

4. Who was your Hip Hop idol growing up?
2Pac is my favourite of all time. I looked up to him and idolized him as a teen from the inner-city projects where he was god to my peers and friends alike. His straight forward delivery, his bold content all left an unimaginable influence on me and my music.

5. Which musician would you most like to work with?
I would love to work with Lauryn Hill. I love her. I can definitely see a If I Ruled The World being made if we worked.

6. If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing instead?
Well, I did well for myself in designer fashion. But ironically I’m not into fashion. I’m a people person so I would find something in that lane to get into if I wasn’t rapping.

7. What’s success to you?
Money at this point. I’ve been able to accomplish things musically that most signed artists will never see. Being talked about by dozens of blogs and magazines as having the best mixtape of 2012 and listed on top producers lists as well. I need a million dollars this year. That would be success for me at this point.

8. Which country produces the best food and women?
Brazil definitely has the best women. Food I would have to say Italy. I love authentic Italian.

9. What’s your vice?
My vices are nicotine, thc (weed), unprotected sex, and being too loyal to people who didn’t deserve it.

10. What’s your favorite animal?
Dogs – Pitbulls and Boxers.

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Interview by Laurellah

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