Professional basketball player Ron Artest is widely acknowledged for two things: the instigator of the infamous Detroit Pistons-Indiana Pacers brawl in 2004 and one of the best defensive players to walk the court in the 2000s. Nevertheless, building off his controversial but successful NBA career, Artest also wanted to become known as a respectable rap artist and entrepreneur, and so he founded Tru Warier Records to pursue his musical passion. Born Ronald William Artest, Jr., in 1979, he was raised in the Queensbridge housing projects in Queens, NY. Although he was determined ...