MC Tree G

Tree's music echoes his upbringing in the Cabrini-Green project, the second largest housing project in Chicago, Illinois.[2] Tree would go to Chicago Salem Church with his Grandmother, where he first developed an interest in music and started singing.[3]

Tree was later forced to move to a different end of the Cabrini- Green projects after his parents separated.[3] He worked many odd jobs, like shining shoes at Shedd Aquarium, the Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's, and for the printing company, Forslund Grabowski, in 2001.[3] While at Forslund Grabowski, Tree started to rap, produce and record seriously.[3] He worked for nine years in the Women's Footwear department at Nordstrom's before leaving to officially pursue his music career.[4] He started recording under the nickname his family had for him, Tree, short for Tremaine.[3]

He received support from the producers of Project Mayhem and started writing music in the 1990s but didn't release any music until 2010.[4]

Tree did not officially release an album until he was 27 years old.[4]

Tree has released six albums since 2012: Sunday School, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out,The @MCTREEG EP, GOAT, Nothing IS Something and #WE Grown Now. Tree has been recognized by publications such as MTV, Spin, Fader, and Complex.[4]