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“I Knew I Had the Sauce”: Lil Trini Kid on Music, Nightlife & Tampa l Arts Passport Podcast

Underground artist, entertainer, and nightlife staple Lil Trini Kid is building a music career on his own terms — and he’s doing it with style, humor, and a whole lot of sauce. In this episode of the Tampa Bay Arts Passport Podcast, we dive into: • How Lil Trini Kid creates a song in 30 minutes • Navigating late-night club shifts to promote his music • Moving from Korea to Utah to Tampa (“Utah is the curry of America?”) • Being queer and thriving in Florida’s nightlife • The creative + busi...

Episode 6·November 13, 2025

Underground artist, entertainer, and nightlife staple Lil Trini Kid is building a music career on his own terms — and he’s doing it with style, humor, and a whole lot of sauce.

In this episode of the Tampa Bay Arts Passport Podcast, we dive into:

• How Lil Trini Kid creates a song in 30 minutes
• Navigating late-night club shifts to promote his music
• Moving from Korea to Utah to Tampa (“Utah is the curry of America?”)
• Being queer and thriving in Florida’s nightlife
• The creative + business grind behind releasing singles in a TikTok era
• His new track “Waist So Slim”
• Ari, Nicki, Uzi, Beyoncé, Ice Spice… basically the Mount Rushmore of icons
• What comfort, community, and success look like to him

It’s funny, chaotic, honest, and full of insights for anyone chasing visibility, creativity, or their own definition of success.

🎧 Listen + subscribe for more conversations with Tampa Bay’s artists, creators, and cultural disruptors.
🎵 Stream Lil Trini Kid on all platforms: @liltrinikid (with two Ls)

✨ UPCOMING ARTS PASSPORT EVENTS
Join us in December for our Book Club selection My Broken Language, followed by Latin History for Morons at Stageworks on Dec. 7.

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