Adrian Thaws, better known as Tricky, grew up in the Knowle West council estate (projects) in Bristol, UK. Getting his first break at the age of 9 when turntables were brought into the youth club, Tricky went on to become one of the biggest "trip-hop" icons to emerge from the UK, channeling his own mixed heritage to bridge white and black Britain, particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. Although Tricky has spent a long time in the United States (most recently in Los Angeles), the accomplished actor, musician, and producer with over 7 albums under his belt has still not forgotten where he comes from. "Knowle West is where I was born. It’s a' white ghetto. I didn’t know what racism was until I left. My family's mixed race, so we don’t see color. I grew up on a council estate more as a white kid, but with Jamaican roots. But all of us there had something in common...we were poor. I realized that I’d never written anything for these kind of people."