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Tre Mission
BornToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresGrime, hip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, producer
Years active2010–present
Labels
Websitetremission.com

Tre Mission is a Canadian musician,[1] known as one of the first North American artists to be associated with the predominantly United Kingdom-based grime genre.[2] Tre Mission is a member of the Tizzy Gang grime crew alongside London based MCs Merky ACE and Cadell.[3][4]

Background

Originally from Toronto, Ontario,[2] he is of Trinidadian and Jamaican descent.[2] After discovering grime and dubstep music through the Internet, he began making his own grime tracks in 2010, and started to attract positive attention in the United Kingdom.[5] Visiting London in 2011, he began working with established grime stars such as Wiley, JME and Skepta,[6] and released his debut EP The Practice Mission.[5]

He released the mixtape Malmaison in 2013,[7] and followed up with the album Stigmata in 2014.[1]

Stigmata includes guest appearances by Wiley, JME, Skepta, Merky Ace, Saukrates, Andreena and k-os.[1] The album was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015.[8]

He also featured in a grime clash against Jendor in 2011, on Lord of the Mics (Volume 3).

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tre Mission Taps Wiley, Saukrates, K-os for 'Stigmata'" Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, July 3, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Tre Mission Proves His Mettle on Debut Album Stigmata; Listen in Full Now" Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. Fader, August 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Lowdown: In the Studio with...Tizzy Gang - SBTV". Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. ^ https://lastgang.com/artists/tre-mission/
  5. ^ a b Tre Mission Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine biography at AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Interview: Tre Mission Will Forever Be the Big Dada of Canadian Grime" Archived 2015-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Complex, August 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "Tre Mission, 'Malmaison' (mixtape)" Archived 2015-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, June 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "Juno Awards: Magic! leads with five nominations" Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, January 27, 2015.


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