T.R.A.Y. aka Travell Adams was born December 10, 1985 in Saginaw Michigan. At the age of 7 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he first fell in love with drawing, poetry, and music. He started listening to hip hop, and became inspired to write when his friend Brian Lyons gave him Eminem's "Slim Shady LP" Already a published poet and author, Travell became obsessed with the idea of turning poetry into raps.