Slimkid3

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Slimkid3

| image = Slim Kid Tre from the Pharcyde.jpg

| caption = Slim Kid performing in 2013

| birth_name = Trevant Hardson

| alias = {{ubl|Tre Hardson|Slim Kid Tre{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20931/title.the-pharcydes-slimkid3-recalls-recording-bizarre-ride-explains-breakup|title=The Pharcyde's Slimkid3 Recalls Recording 'Bizarre Ride,' Explains Breakup|work= HipHopDX|first=Andres|last=Vasquez|date=August 29, 2012}}|The Legend of Phoenix}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|5}}

| origin = Gardena, California, U.S. {{cite web |url=https://www.passionweiss.com/2009/05/18/a-reunited-pharcyde-discuss-breakups-makeups-and-j-dilla |title=A Reunited Pharcyde Discuss Breakups, Makeups and J Dilla |website= Passion of the Weiss |date=May 18, 2009 |accessdate=10 January 2024}}

| genre = Hip hop, R&B

| years_active = 1989–present

| label = Delicious Vinyl, Flying Baboon, Up Above

| associated_acts = The Pharcyde, DJ Nu-Mark, Backbone

| website = {{URL|slimkid3.com}}

}}

Trevant Hardson{{cite web|url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/08/06/60028.htm|title=Bizarre Ride Can't Call Themselves Pharcyde|work=Courthouse News Service|first=Elizabeth|last=Warmerdam|date=August 26, 2013}} (born October 5, 1970), best known by his stage name Slimkid3 (Slim Kid Tre; sometimes stylized as SlimKid3), is an American rapper from Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-20889-extended_qampa_with_tre_hardson_(aka_slimkid3).html|title=Extended Q&A With Tre Hardson (aka Slimkid3)|work=Willamette Week|first=Casey|last=Jarman|date=December 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821195237/http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-20889-extended_qampa_with_tre_hardson_(aka_slimkid3).html|archive-date=August 21, 2014}} He is a founding member of The Pharcyde.{{cite web|url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2005/12/08/music.html|title=Organically Grown – Tre Hardson grows grassroots hip hop.|work=Eugene Weekly|first=Aaron|last=Burkhalter|date=December 8, 2005}}

Career

Tre Hardson began his career in the entertainment industry as a dancer and choreographer under the moniker Two for Two with his two high school friends Bootie Brown and Imani. Two for Two made numerous appearances in music videos, but had its most notable exposure with a short stint on the television show In Living Color.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

As a member of The Pharcyde, he has contributed to Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, as well as its follow-up release Labcabincalifornia. He also worked on the third album Plain Rap with the two remaining members of The Pharcyde after Fatlip's departure. After the release of Plain Rap, Tre also decided to leave the group to pursue a solo career.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Since his departure from The Pharcyde, Tre would also go by birth name of "Tre Hardson" as well as "Slimkid3". He has also formed the band Faqawi which has accompanied him with his solo career.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

In 1996, he produced Brian Austin Green's debut album, One Stop Carnival.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/04/the-50-worst-hip-hop-fails/slim-kid-tre-brings-90210-actor-to-the-pharcyde|title=38. Slim Kid Tre Brings 90210 Actor To The Pharcyde|work=Complex|first=Jeff|last=Rosenthal|date=April 24, 2013}}

Hardson's first solo album, Liberation, was released in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/liberation-mw0000228037|title=Liberation – Tré Hardson|work=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=December 12, 2014}} Recorded over three years, it featured contributions from the likes of MC Lyte, Saul Williams, Chali 2na, N'Dea Davenport, and Kim Hill.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/tre_hardson-liberation|title=Tre Hardson Liberation|work=Exclaim!|first=Del F.|last=Cowie|date=December 2002}}

In 2011, he released Another Day Another Dollar, a collaborative EP with DJ Nu-Mark.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17532/title.slimkid3-teams-with-dj-nu-mark-for-another-day-another-dollar-ep|title=SlimKid3 Teams With DJ Nu-Mark For "Another Day Another Dollar" EP|work=HipHopDX|first=Steven J.|last=Horowitz|date=November 9, 2011}} Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark, his collaborative album with DJ Nu-Mark, was released on Delicious Vinyl in 2014.{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/09/03/i-know-didnt-i-video-dj-nu-mark-slimkid3/|title=Watch hip-hop vets DJ Nu-Mark and Slimkid3's 'I Know, Didn't I' video|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Miles|last=Raymer|date=September 3, 2014}}