Mina van Trease

Marjolein Nathalie van Trease (b. 22nd October, 1979), better known by her stage name Mina van Trease is a Kuboian-based rapper and television and media personality of Belgian, Dutch and Spanish heritage. With a career beginning in the mid 1990s that currently spans over twenty years, she is credited as one of the pioneers of the lipstick rap scene, having started a hip hop group, Fizzie Pop, with her half-sister Meiling Chen in 1996. She has since branched off to other ventures, such as serving as a presenter for children's television on TVVC in the 2000s decade.

Biography
Marjolein Nathalie van Trease was born on 22nd October, 1979 at an unnamed seaside town which is now part of Hausekeep, North Kuboia. Her father is Flemish whilst her mother is a semi-retired Spanish-Dutch political activist. Through her mother, she is the niece of Antonia Morales. She also has two maternal half-siblings; Meiling Chen (b. 1981), whom she formed the lipstick rap group Fizzie Pop with in the mid-1990s, and Fyp Morales (b. 1986).

In 2001, Trease founded record label Rhythmic Records with Chen.

Television roles
In 2000, Trease began appearing as a presenter on children's television when she started co-presenting KT on Saturdays. She also co-presented Superbus on Wednesday mornings from 2001 to 2003.

Musical style and influence
Trease has cited her auntie Antonia Morales as her main influence, though has also credited Run-DMC, N.W.A., Coolio, Outkast and Eminem as big influences toer musical style as well.

Trease has fused several different forms of music with hip hop throughout her career, including jazz, soul, drum and bass, rock and multiple electronic genres. Her mentor acknowledged that Trease can "rap over anything as long as she can get into it", and generally likes to include bridges, middle eights and other types of stanzas and breaks in her songs in addition to verses and choruses.

Studio albums

 * 2002: Within Hausekeep Streets
 * 2009: Ring the Alarm
 * 2020: Remember the Name