Trauma Boss stays ‘Firm Inna Life’

The name Trauma Boss may initially sound alarming, but the singjay says his moniker and music show how he takes the reins during traumatic experiences and turns them around for the better.

He said this while parked on a highway with a flat tyre, optimistic and ready to tell THE STAR about his latest song, Firm Inna Life.

"There's positive and negative with everything. So when you listen to Trauma music, it's not gonna give you anything negative. I'm more trying to take you from the trauma and negative side of life, so we're trying to give the name a different meaning," Trauma Boss said. "I want to reach a point where persons who are feeling down, or whatever situation it is, can find one of my songs and either find advice from it, feel better about the situation, or get hope."

The song is produced by Canada-based label Grameffex Music on the BigDreamz rhythm. Trauma Boss, whose given name is Dave Creary, said he had previously sent the label some of his records before they sent him the rhythm. Usually known for songs dedicated to the fairer sex like L.O.V.E You and You Have It, he decided to deviate from his signature style, with the help of musician Big Pop, to speak about being resilient in the pursuit of goals, despite obstacles and naysayers. He is now looking to make a music video for the song.

"I expect it to get a lot of views on YouTube. I expect more producers to reach out to me, based on how it sounds and how I deliver it. We expect it to really open more doors for us, especially in Canada, seeing the producer is based there," he said.

Trauma Boss got his start in music singing gospel as a teenager. The switch to secular music came after meeting fellow artiste D'Koncep with whom he recorded So High in 2017.

"That's when I started doing music professionally and he introduced me to DJ Tropical and from there we've just been doing some work with Tropical," he said. "When I did gospel, I was a church boy but, you know, you grow up and kinda want to experience the world a little bit and you just get distracted. So that's how the secular really started to come in."