Obie Trice的生日是11月4日，他出生在美国密歇根州东南部的汽车城底特律市Greenfield区附近，Obie Trice不是绰号，而是真名。Obie Trice从11岁的时候开始了自己的说唱音乐生涯，小时候的Obie Trice经常在母亲的陪伴下到卡拉OK机前练习说唱并录制磁带，迄今为止他的说唱历史已经超过了12年，说唱歌星Biz Markie，Big Daddy Kane，Run D.M.C.等人对他影响巨大。90年代初Obie Trice读高中的时候从当地的Cooley高中退学，转而开始了在街头的生活，然而街头的寒冷和动荡并不能保证他的生活。1998年10月5日，Obie Trice的女儿Kobie出世，女儿Kobie从此成为了Obie Trice生命中的一切。这时他的说唱音乐已经小有成就，已经有了《Respect》，《Dope Jobs Homeliss》和《The Well Known Asshole》几首能拿得出手的作品了。1999年，Obie Trice和当今说唱音乐的头面人物Eminem见了面，出奇相似的身世经历，以及Obie Trice对说唱音乐的执著和敬业，深深的触动了Eminem，同时看中了Obie Trice身上的说唱潜力，Eminem立即把Obie Trice带进了自己的Shady唱片公司，并且对待Obie Trice一直非常的亲切友善。在Eminem的协助之下，Obie Trice很快开始了全新的说唱生涯，首先他在2001年参与了Eminem领导的说唱团体D-12的双白金专辑《Devil's Night》的录制，之后的2002年又参与录制了Eminem获得了巨大成功的专辑《Eminem Show》，在大哥Eminem的照顾下，Obie Trice的三首单曲《Love Me》，《Rap Name》和《Adrenalie Rush》还入选了Eminem的半自传体的电影《8英里(8 Mile)》的电影原声大碟。2003年9月23日，在诸多大腕的帮忙提携之下，Obie Trice的第一张个人专辑《Cheers》正式发行。Obie Trice went from no one to someone in the rap world quickly when Eminem signed him to Shady Records and executive produced his debut. Born on the west side of Detroit in the Schoolcraft and Greenfield area, Trice began his rap career humbly. He dropped out of Cooley High School in the early '90s and began making ends meet, which wasn't too easy in the cold, abandoned streets of Detroit. His turning point came in 1998 with the birth of his daughter, Kobie. Shortly afterward, he took note of Eminem's breakthrough success in 1999 and began to have faith that he too could make it in the rap game, despite living in wayward Detroit. Trice had begun rapping at a young age. His mother had bought him a karaoke machine that he used to practice, making tapes of himself over the beats of Run-D.M.C. and Big Daddy Kane. Over the years he improved his craft remarkably, releasing street tapes that began to generate some buzz in the local underground scene. These recordings came to the attention of Eminem, who in turn called up Trice for an audition, and it was all smiles and handshakes from that point on. First came a plug on D12's Devil's Night album ("Obie Trice [Intro]," [2001]), then features on the Eminem Show album ("Drips," [2002]) and the 8 Mile soundtrack ("Love Me," "Adrenaline Rush," and "Rap Name," [2002]), and finally Trice's album debut, Cheers, in 2003. The album went platinum, and Trice wrapped up recording his follow-up by the end of 2005. On New Year's Eve 2006, he was driving home from a Detroit club with his girlfriend when he was shot in the head. Remarkably, he was able to exit the freeway, and an ambulance took him to a hospital in Southfield. It was determined that removing the bullet would be too risky; Trice was released within hours of arriving at the hospital. Between that event and the shooting death of D12's Proof, a friend and one of the people who met him at the hospital, Trice was compelled to record new tracks for his long-finished album. Second Round's on Me was finally issued in August 2006.