Mother, Maxine Quaye committed suicide when he was 4. His first solo
album "MaxinQuaye", was named after her because he "felt she was
speaking through him with his words.".
Appears in the video "Parabola" by Tool.
Though, everyone considers him a originator of trip-hop - Tricky,
himself, gets frustrated at that label for his music. In one of the
episodes he appears in, "Girlfriends" they tied his hate for the label
into his appearance.