Tricksta

Tricksta is a hip hop DJ, producer, and CEO from Wolverhampton. He is the founder of UK hip hop label Wolftown Recordings. He is also known as Mr. Never Sleep, Tricky D, Tricky, Tricky dan, and Trik.

He began his hip-hop career in 1989 as a DJ on Wolverhampton pirate radio station Fantasy 98.6 FM. In 1995, he started working for a music group where he ran a number of different record labels doing management, A&R, promotions, and music production, and after a number of releases, he began DJing internationally. Tricksta was the first ever British DJ to play in the city of Istanbulfact|date=June 2008, and has also DJ'ed in Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Munich, Stockholm, Cannes, Amsterdam, Zürich and all over the UK.

In 1997, Tricksta joined with Wolverhampton rapper Late and started sketching plans for their act Villains, their magazine "Rago", and the Wolftown Recordings label, which in 1999 landed a distribution deal with Pinnacle Entertainment. In 2001, Tricksta founded the UK hip hop mixtape series UK Runnings and since then as a DJ has also done mixtapes with a string of American artists including—but not limited to—Chamillionaire, Red Cafe, Papoose, Stat Quo, Sheek Louch, J-Hood, 40 Glocc and Spider Loc from G-Unit Records.

Tricksta has produced beats that the following UK artists have rapped on: UK - LATE, Supar Novar, Conspicuous The Coroner, 10Shott, Size8, Conman, TBear, Big Cakes, Jai Boo, Moorish Delta 7, 57th Dynasty, Doyen D, Kid Rad, HKB Finn, Krispy, Souljah Clique, Cafe Recordings, Creamo and many more.fact|date=June 2008

He is also part of South Park Coalition the legendary Houston movement headed by K-Rino, the only UK DJ to be part of East Coast movement Team AFF, as well as being Synplife's (354/D-Block) official DJ. Tricksta does a monthly radio show for on-line [www.theurbanshop.co.uk clothing store] and is sponsored by them, thus all clothing worn by the artist are available at that site.

In 2005, Tricksta was head-hunted by PR company Park Street PR to be head of their hip hop division, and is considered to be "One of the hardest working individuals in the UK Hip-Hop industry."fact|date=June 2008

Wolftown discography

*"WOLFCD.001 – VILLAINS ‘Welcome To Wolftown’
*"WOLFCD.002 – VICIOUS CIRCLE ‘Bagged Out’
*"WOLFCD.003 – WOLFTOWN COMMITTEE ‘Legendary Status’
*"WOLFCD.004 – LATE ‘International Ryhme Spittin’
*"WOLFCD.005 – CHAMILLIONAIRE ‘Wreckless In Texas’
*"WOLFCD.006 – JUTTLA ‘Bass, Kicks, Snares, Spits’
*"WOLFCD.007 – LATE & TRICKSTA ‘Hustlers, Ballers, Shotcallers’
*"WOLFCD.008 - UK RUNNINGS ‘National Anthems’
*"WOLFCD.009 – BIGG STEELE ‘How We Do It On The Westside’
*"WOLFCD.010 – TRAE ‘Wreckless In Texas 2’
*"WOLFCD.011 – WOLFTOWN ‘Metaphors & Verbs’ (2xCD)
*"WOLFCD.012 – UK RUNNINGS/CONSPICIOUS THE CORONER ‘Missing Pages’
*"WOLFCD.013 – UK RUNNINGS/SUPAR NOVAR ‘Wordz From The Frontline’
*"WOLFCD.014 – LATE 'Two Thousand & LATE'

*"ENG.001 – LATE ‘Englishman In New York’
*"TEN.001 – 10SHOTT ‘Ghetto Brick Road’ (NOW DELETED)
*"765962 – PAPOOSE ‘War & Peace’
*"765912 – UK RUNNINGS ‘National Anthems 2’
*"765572 – J HOOD (D’BLOCK) & GEOLANI ‘From the Streets To The Block’

UK Runnings Underground Mixtapes

*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 1"
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 2"
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 2.5"
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 3" (Hosted by LATE)
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 4" (Hosted by 10SHOTT)
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 5" (Hosted by JAI BOO)
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "Volume 6" (Hosted by CONMAN)
*"Tricksta Presents UK Runnings "The Old Skool Mix"
*"URB.001 – UK RUNNINGS ‘Urban Shop Mixtape’
*"URB.002 – UK RUNNINGS ‘Music For A Myspace Generation’
*"URB.003 – UK RUNNINGS & THE URBAN SHOP ‘100% Exclusive Mixtape & DVD’

The Hip-Hop Village & Wolftown Series

*"HHVWT.001 – ST LAZ ‘Don Of Pottersfield’
*"HHVWT.002 – GEOLANI & LATE ‘Extended Family – CEO’s Edition’
*"HHVWT.003 – K-RINO ‘A Lyrical Legend’
*"HHVWT.004 – RAIN ‘Time To Rain On Um’
*"HHVWT.005 – RED CAFÉ ‘The Menu’
*"HHVWT.006 – SYNPLIFE 354 ‘Murderville’
*"HHVWT.007 – DINO WEST ‘Aint No Limit To This Wolftown Gutta Music’
*"HHVWT.008 – RICKY LEE ‘Reality Game’
*"HHVWT.009 – BIG CAS ‘The Carolina King’
*"HHVWT.010 – GEOLANI ‘East Coast Ridaz’
*"HHVWT.011 – 40GLOCC (G-UNIT) ‘Street Hop’
*"HHVWT.012 – CHAMILLIONAIRE ‘Houston’s Hardest Artist’
*"HHVWT.013 – BIG SKEEM & CONMAN ‘Extended Family – Hustler’s Edition’
*"HHVWT.014 – STAT QUO ‘So Serious’
*"HHVWT.015 – GRIT BOYS ‘Reality Game’
*"HHVWT.016 – GRANDADDY SOUF ‘Locked & Loaded’
*"HHVWT.017 – SPIDER LOC (G-UNIT) ‘ Straight Up Rider’
*"HHVWT.018 – PAPOOSE ‘The Lyrical One’
*"HHVWT.019 – SHEEK LOUCH ‘It’s a Movemement’
*"HHVWT.020 – BALL PLAYAS ‘Reality Game’
*"HHVWT.021 – KB DA KIDNAPPA ‘Street Military Soldier’
*"HHVWT.022 – THE JACKA 'International Mobbin'

External links

* [http://www.wolftownrecordings.com Wolftown Recordings]
* [http://www.myspace.com/trickstawolftown Tricksta's MySpace page]
* [http://www.parkstreetpr.co.uk Park Street PR]
* [http://www.ragomaagzine.com Rago Magazine]
* [http://www.ukrunnings.co.uk UK Runnings]
* [http://www.theurbanshop.co.uk The Urban Shop]