Most Recent: April 9, 2026
My name is Triston J. Hull, also known as Tray. I’m a young man finding my voice through poetry, using it to bring peace to my mind and heart. My work is inspired by my family, my life in Long Beach, my pain and happiness my understanding and my will. Artists like Langston Hughes, Mike Sonksen, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, The Black-Eyed Peas, Stevie Wonder, A Tribe Called Quest, Michael Jackson, and Bob Marley are many of the greats that have inspired my poetic nature. My journey is only just beginning as I grow my name too and a quote by the great Muhammad Ali. “I will show you how great I am”. I’m only 17 known by a few hundred but in a few years, I’ll be known by thousands. For one day I will be a great and successful god-fearing man just like them.
My story is just beginning. The quotes I live by are my own: “Time is money don’t waste it. Believe you can always do it. Focus on what you can control. Live for now, not the past. Life is a blessing, believe it. God will always be with you. When you speak, people will listen.”
My name is Triston J. Hull this is where my story begins.