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D-Trick The Blue Collar Project The year was 1998, a Saturday night, in Owensboro Kentucky. The attention of everyone from the ages of 16 to 25 years old was directed to the Rocafella Nightclub on Ninth Street. An up and coming rap group from Bowling Green Kentucky, known as Nappy Roots, was scheduled to perform. The opening act for Nappy roots was not anyone affiliated with them, but instead it was a local act based out of Owensboro. Real Life, the local opening act, performed their first few songs to an unattentive audience. Making his way through the crowd, another local artist named Dedrick Jackson was selling copies of his first compact disc. The volume of the music was too loud for him to scream over, so in order to communicate with buyers, Dedrick held up five fingers in one hand and a CD in the other to show the product and the price of five dollars. Real Life started performing their last song, which immediately got Dedrick's attention because it was about him. Screams from the Real Life group members were heard throughout the building as the speakers pounded out sounds of "F#$k a D-Trick, F#$k a D-Trick". Dedrick Jackson was in the audience as a group of artists were up on stage shouting his name in disrespect. The worst part about it was that these were people that Dedrick was supposed to be friends with. Dedrick had recently been apart of the group disrespecting him, and had left on what was thought to be good terms, to pursue a solo album. On that Saturday night in 1998, D-Trick was born, and a local rapper gained his identity. From that day forward, the name D-Trick was to represent more than just a disrespectful title, but instead the people disrespected. Dedrick realized why and whom he wanted to do music for. Instead of getting upset, Dedrick decided to take on the role of D-Trick and become what the disrespect had created. From then on, it became a personal goal for Dedrick Jackson to write and speak to anyone who knows what disrespect feels like in an ongoing effort to give hope and a reason to stand up again. Almost eight months later Rocafella Nightclub was packed again. This time it was New Years Eve, and just before midnight. A local D.J. / Hip Hop producer named Blizz was spinning records. Backstage a local rapper was ready to go on stage for his set. As the song being played by Blizz ended, the local rapper that was back stage came out. The various aged kids and young adults who were dancing gathered around the stage to see a virtually unknown performer, only known by the name "D-Trick" airbrushed on the front of his t-shirt. Track List: 1. I'm So 2. Please Watch Over Me 3. Free 4. Face It 5. Come Go With Me 6. Where Is Life Takin Me Now 7. I See You 8. Blue Collar 9. So Sorry 10. Woa-No-So 11. Eruption 12. She Said 13. Stop Me 14. Spittin Image 15. I Try 16. When The Pressure's On Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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