Editing Tricky (rapper) (section)

==Early life==
Tricky was born Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws on 27 January 1968 in [[Knowle West]], [[Bristol]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave |last=Simpson |title=Tricky: 'I don't believe that death exists' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/23/tricky-i-dont-believe-death-exists |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref> to a black [[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] father and a [[Multiracial people|part-white, part-black]], [[English people|Anglo]]-[[Ghanaian people|Ghanaian]] mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trickysite.com/biog/|website=Tricky &#x2f; False Idols &#x2f; &#x21;K7|title=Tricky &#x7C; biography|access-date=2024-12-25}}</ref> His mother, Maxine Quaye, died either by suicide or due to [[epilepsy]] complications when Tricky was four.<ref name=gua>{{cite news |title=Interview with Tricky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,384882,00.html |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tricky – Maxinquaye (album review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/58892/Tricky-Maxinquaye/ |website=Sputnikmusic |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref> His father, Roy Thaws, operated the Studio 17 [[sound system (DJ)|sound system]] (formerly known as "Tarzan the High Priest") with his brother Rupert and his own father, Hector.<ref name="Tim" /> Bristol musician Bunny Marrett claimed in 2012, "It became the most popular sound system in Bristol at the time."<ref>{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Cater |title=BUNNY MARRETT |url=http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com/people/people_Bunny_Marrett.html |publisher=Bristol Archive Records |access-date=27 August 2013 |date=January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tricky [biography] |url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/bio1.html |website=Moon-palace.de |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

Tricky experienced a difficult childhood in Knowle West,<ref name="Strong" /> an economically deprived area in Southern Bristol.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frisckis-Warren |first=Bill |page=107 |title=I'll Take You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence |publisher=[[A&C Black]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0826419217}}</ref> He became involved in crime at an early age,<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin Charles |author-link=Martin C. Strong |year=2006 |title=The Essential Rock Discography |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |isbn=978-1841958606 |page=1118}}</ref> joining a gang that was involved in car theft, burglary, fights, and promiscuity.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shields |first=Andy |chapter=Tricky |editor-last=Buckley |editor-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-1843531050 |page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/1101 1101] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/1101 }}</ref> Tricky spent his youth in the care of his grandmother, who often let him watch old horror films instead of going to school. At 15, he began to write lyrics ("I like to rock, I like to dance, I like pretty girls taking down their pants", ''MixMag'', 1996). When he was 17, he spent some time in prison after purchasing forged [[Pound sterling|£]]50 notes from a friend, who later informed the police. Tricky stated in an interview afterward, "Prison was really good. I'm never going back."<ref name="Mix">{{cite web |url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/bio1.html |title=Tricky [biography] |website=Moon-palace.de |access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref>