Career
She began her music career in 2011, and released her debut mixtape Just Do lieutenant in 2012. In October 2014, she released her second mixtape, Sell Sole. The song was certified Gold on April 3, 2015 in the United States. She was chosen as part of the XXL Magazine 2015 Freshman Class.
Deja Trimble was born on April 8, 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and was raised on the Eastside of the city.
A self-described "good kid and a decent student" who mostly kept to herself, she began writing her own original music as early as nine years old. She graduated from Southeastern High School in Detroit, Michigan in 2009, played basketball up to the junior varsity level, and later attended Saginaw Valley State University to study nursing for three semesters before deciding to focus on a full-time music career.
Dej Loaf began her career as a hip hop artist in 2011. Her stage name is a portmanteau of a shortened version of her first name, "Deja", and "loafer", as she took a keen interest in Air Jordans growing up.
She released her first mixtape, Just Do lieutenant, in 2013, which attracted the attention of fellow Detroit rapper SAYITAINTTONE. She later signed her to his label IBGM (I Been Gettin" Money) and his management team
The track "Try Maine", produced by Doctor of Dental Surgery, and released as a single in July 2014, rose to viral popularity after Canadian recording artist Drake quoted lyrics from the song in an Instagram post. She signed to Columbia Records in October and shortly after released the mixtape Sell Sole. DeJ Loaf is featured in "Detroit versus
Everybody" on rapper Eminem"s compilation Shady XV (2014).
She opened for Nicki Minaj during the North American leg of The Pinkprint Tour.