TRU (group)

Infobox musical artist
Name = TRU


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Background = group_or_band
Alias = The Real Untouchables
Origin = New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre = Hip-Hop
Years_active = 1992 - 2005
Label = No Limit, Priority, Koch
Associated_acts = C-Bo, Beats By the Pound
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Current_members = Master P
C-Murder
Silkk The Shocker
Past_members = Mia X
Big Ed
Cali G
Fonzo
King George
Sonya C
Milkman
Markest Blank
Daniel Fry

TRU (The Real Untouchables) is an American rap group from Richmond to New Orleans, consisting of members Master P, C-Murder, Silkk Tha Shocker, King George, Big Ed, Cali G, Sonya C, Fonzo, Milkman, Markest Bank and Daniel Fry.

Tru is a three-piece Gangsta/Southern rap group that No Limit mastermind Master P formed with his younger brothers, Silkk and C-Murder. Tru became the most popular act on No Limit with their 1995 debut album, True; it sold over 500,000 copies with little promotion or airplay, and helped establish No Limit as an underground hip-hop force. Tru released its second album, Tru 2 da Game, early in 1997. Shortly afterward, No Limit exploded, making Master P into a superstar. Given his many duties at the label, along with his forays into filmmaking, basketball, and sports management, plus the burgeoning solo careers of Silkk and C-Murder, it wasn't a surprise that it took Tru two years -- an eternity in No Limit time -- to produce its third album, Da Crime Family.

Albums

*1993: "Who's Da Killer?"
*1994: "Understanding the Criminal Mind"
*1995: "True"
*1997: "Tru 2 da Game"
*1999: "Da Crime Family"
*2004: "The Truth"
*2005: "The Best of TRU"

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/tru/artist.jhtml VH1 info]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tru]