Deja Trimble (born April 8, 1991), better known by her stage name Dej Loaf (stylized as DeJ Loaf), is an American rapper and singer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she began her music career in 2011 with Ajure Harding and released her debut mixtape Just Do It. the following year in 2012. In October 2014, her second mixtape, Sell Sole., came out. DeJ Loaf rose to greater popularity in 2014 with her single "Try Me", which initially attained viral internet popularity and has since peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100. DeJ Loaf was born on April 8, 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and raised on the Eastside of the city.[2] Growing up, she would often listen to music with her parents and grandmother, ranging "from 2Pac to Rakim to Miles Davis."[2] Her father was k**ed when she was four years old.[2] 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.[2] She graduated high school in 2009,[3] 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