Trina, French Montana Dating Rumors Confirmed? Trina Opens Up About Love Life

In an interview with Mara The Socialite of 4UMF, Miami rapper Trina cleared up her dating rumors with French Montana and responded to her Nicki Minaj tribute backlash during the BMI Awards in NYC last month.

Trina opened up about her alleged romance with the "Excuse My French" rapper and says that she is just working with the New York City rapper and he has brought out the best of her during her unmotivated times,  "I'm not a couple with nobody. French Montana is an amazing person; he's a great person, he's been a great inspiration to me since he came into my life as far as working, business, career. He showed me some different things that honestly, I didn't really get the last couple of years of my career.

April 23, the rapper dealt with the murder of her younger brother, Wilbrent "Gonk" Bain,19, and had taken some time for herself and family, "I was at a very pivotal moment, like a very bad space and him being a guy, he's not a guy that listens to a Trina music, you know. So for me to go into the studio to work with him, to do a record for him, and he's like really putting out something new, and I'm like, 'ummm, I don't know. I'm just not really motivated right now.' And he was like, 'I don't understand what that means.' And then one of my girls was like, 'play him your new stuff.' And I was like, 'no, no, no, no.' And he begged me, and I did, and he was impressed."

The female rapper has been in the music scene since 1998 and received backlash for her BMI performance of "Moment For Life," paying homage to Nicki Minaj who is fairly new in the music industry.

"I don't respond to criticism. Honestly, I don't care really. I feel like people are so quick to say stuff before they know exactly what's going on, and it makes you look a little stupid. I get the whole fact of when you do a tribute to somebody, people have always felt like it's somebody you pay homage to that's been in the game for a hundred years or so. I don't feel like rules should really apply; it wasn't about that. It wasn't about me, it was about Cash Money."

Trina added, "Cash Money is a very prominent and very successful record company that's been around for a long time, and Baby and Slim, that' s like, I've been known them for years, so it's like family. And to honor them and pay tribute towards them, I thought it was just amazing. Nicki is the only female on their roster that is out, so the tribute was me doing a tribute to her, and I didn't see anything wrong with that. I don't have a problem with her. I think people that saw something wrong with it are the people that have a problem with her, and I saw a lot of the fans and a lot of my fans and a lot of other fans that totally was like in a rage, but I just feel like people should just get a life and mind their business and stop living so miserably and just enjoy whatever it is that you're doing and stop putting so much effort into being negative towards what somebody else is doing."