He was born Maurice Young on September 23, 1973 and enjoyed rapping from a young age. He got his big break in 1996 when he was a singer on the track “Scarred” by Luther Campbell. The popularity of the song resulted in record producers taking note of Maurice. Soon after this, Trick Daddy Dollars (as Maurice called himself) was signed to Slip-n-Slide Records by the CEO, Ted Baker. His first album, Based on a True Story, was debuted in 1997.