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A Memphis native who stood next to
Macklemore,
Danny Brown, and
Future for XXL Magazine's 2012 Freshman Class, rapper
Don Trip (Christopher Wallace) was first a rap fan, following hip-hop from the teen pop phenomenon
Kriss Kross to the breakthrough of the much rougher
Three 6 Mafia and the hometown-based film Hustle & Flow. He was into
2Pac more than
the Notorious B.I.G., the superstar rapper with whom he shares a birth name. Although he has been active since the mid-2000s,
Trip's output became prolific just after the turn of the following decade. In 2011 alone, he released volumes in two series of solo mixtapes (one based on the Human Torch and one based on the Terminator), collaborated with Nashville native
Starlito on Step Brothers, and hit Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart with "Letter to My Son," released on
Cool & Dre's Interscope-affiliated First Family imprint. Step Brothers Two landed in 2013, then
Trip resumed solo work with Godspeed,
The Head That Wears the Crown, and 2 Clip Trip, independent titles released across 2015 and 2016. He and
Starlito reconvened for
Step Brothers Three in 2017. The following year saw
Trip drop the full-length Christopher, which included features from Jus Bentley,
Starlito,
8Ball, Singa B, and Bink4sho. ~ David Jeffries