OBIE TRICE
Acclaimed rapper and a stand-out from the turn-of-the-century Detroit hip-hop scene, Obie Trice comes to Birkenhead on Wednesday 15th October.
With an irreverent, rough-neck style in line with the raw, take-no-prisoners style of Motor City peers like D12 and Royce da 5′ 9″ – a style in full force on his hungry 2003 debut studio album Cheers, released on Eminem’s Shady Records.
As MM once said “Obie Trice – real name, no gimmicks”.
Tickets on sale now.
Obie Trice III was born and raised on the west side of Detroit, Michigan by his mother, along with three brothers. Trice was given a karaoke machine by his mother when he was eleven and he used it to rhyme over instrumentals from artists such as N.W.A. By the age of fourteen, he was attending rap battle gatherings around Detroit, including the Hip Hop Shop, where he and his friends would go on Saturday afternoons. The battles were hosted by Proof, from D12. Positive response from watchers encouraged Trice to get into rap music seriously.
Trice was calling himself Obie 1 at that time, but before Proof introduced him at the Hip Hop Shop, he asked him his real name and introduced him as Obie Trice, which remains his rap name. Trice was introduced to Eminem through D12 member Bizarre. Trice signed to Shady Records in 2000. He created a freestyle skit on the D12 album Devil’s Night, following up with the line “Obie Trice: real name, no gimmicks”, from Eminem’s The Eminem Show lead single, “Without Me”, as well as the song “Drips”. Later in 2002, Trice rapped on songs for the 8 Mile soundtrack, and also had a cameo appearance in the film as a rapper in a parking lot.
VENUE INFO
Future Yard is open every day from 10am – so you can stop by for a coffee or a pre-show drink in our bar area whenever you like. Our pizza kitchen is open on weekends and before every gig, 5-9pm.
The Live Room doors open at 7:30pm (this is separate from our indoor bar area), and music starts at 7:45pm. The bar is open after the show.
Future Yard presents
Obie Trice
Wednesday 15th October 2025
7:30pm doors
75 Argyle Street
Tickets £22.50 advance (+ booking fee)
Tickets available online in advance or in person at the Future Yard Box Office.
Future Yard is a cashless venue – all payments are taken by contactless or chip and pin. Live curfew 11pm.
If you have any specific access requests, please read all of the details about accessibility at Future Yard here.