Occupation(s) Rapper, Producer Name Tre Mission Years active 2010–present Role Musician | Associated acts Thes, JME, Wiley Albums Stigmata Website www.tremission.com | |
Genres Grime music, Canadian hip hop Record labels Big Dada, Last Gang Records Nominations Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year Similar People Wiley, Ghetts, Devlin, Zeph Ellis, Mr Green Profiles |
TRE MISSION INTERVIEW (PUSHTHEWALL)
Tre Mission is a Canadian musician, known as one of the first North American artists to be associated with the predominantly United Kingdom-based grime genre. Tre Mission is a member of the Tizzy Gang grime crew alongside London based MCs Merky ACE and Cadell.
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Originally from Toronto, Ontario, he is of Trinidadian and Jamaican descent. 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. Visiting London in 2011, he began working with established grime stars such as Wiley, JME and Skepta, and released his debut EP The Practice Mission.
He released the mixtape Malmaison in 2013, and followed up with the album Stigmata in 2014.
Stigmata includes guest appearances by Wiley, JME, Skepta, Merky Ace, Saukrates, Andreena and k-os. The album was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015.
He also featured in a grime clash against Jendor in 2011, on Lord of The Mics (Volume 3).