The post-which quoted the lyrics to DeJ's song 'Try Me' from her mixtape Just Do It-generated mass exposure for the relatively unknown artist.

The opportunity to quit practically came overnight, thanks to a casual Instagram post by the rapper Drake about six months months ago. 'Once I quit, I knew I didn't want to go back. 'I always knew that's not what I wanted to do,' says DeJ casually. Working a 9-to-5 as a janitor at a Chrysler plant, she didn't want to be caught up in Detroit's automobile 'plant life.' Clad in her signature shades and crisp white, she moves with a swagger that says, 'Try me.'ĭeJ's road to superstardom is a Cinderella story only the Motor City could tell. She arrived to her BLAC cover shoot in a bright hoodie, sweats and sneaks-her mom trailing not far behind, like a chaperone.īut it's when the pint-sized Trimble gets in front of the camera lens that she becomes DeJ Loaf, the artist who hijacked our playlists and views on women in rap last year. At a petite 5-foot-2, the 23-year-old can easily pass unnoticed in a crowd as not much more than a little girl. Or being the newest rap giant out of Detroit, DeJa Trimble isn't very big.

Dej loaf try me album