She was later signed to his indie record label, called IBGM (I Been Gettin' Money) under with his management team. That mixtape attracted the attention of a fellow Detroit-native rapper SAYITAINTTONE. In 2013, she released her first official mixtape, Just Do It. In 2011, Dej Loaf began her career as a hip hop artist and her stage name is a portmanteau of a shortened version of her first name, 'Deja', and her last name, 'loafer', as she took it as keen as an interest from those Air Jordans. In 2009, she graduated from the Southeastern High School in Detroit, Michigan, playing basketball at the 'junior varsity' level, and she later attended at the Saginaw Valley State University to begin studying nursing for three semesters, before deciding to focus full-time on her music career. A self-described 'good kid and a decent student', who mostly kept to herself, she began writing her own original music at the age of 9. As a child, she often listened to music with her parents and grandmother, ranging 'from 2Pac, Rakim and Miles Davis.' Her father was killed when she was four years old. She was chosen as part of the XXL magazine 2015 Freshman Class.ĭeja Trimble was born on April 8, 1991, raised on the Eastside of the Detroit, Michigan. The song was certified Gold on Apin the US. In October 2014, she released her second mixtape, Sell Sole.ĭeJ Loaf rose to greater popularity in 2014 with her single 'Try Me', which initially attained viral internet popularity and peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

She began her music career in 2011, and released her debut mixtape Just Do It in 2012. About Deja Trimble (born April 8, 1991), better known by her stage name Dej Loaf (stylized as DeJ Loaf), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan.

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