LaTasha Rogers was a Los Angeles native who was looking to become a part of a new wave of women in Hip-Hop. The late 1980s saw an explosion of female stars in the famously male-dominated genre of rap music. Salt-N-Pepa had broken big with "Push It" and their debut album Hot, Cool & Vicious and a host of women had emerged in their wake: among them were brash Brooklyn teen MC Lyte, U.K. transplant Monie Love, and New Jersey's Queen Latifah. Alongside groups like J.J. Fad and Oaktown's 357, women were making major noise. On top of that, the West Coast had become a viable locale for rap success. After years of New York City's dominance, California rap by artists like Too $hort, N.W.A. and MC Hammer was selling big.

It was into that climate that MC Trouble landed in the late 1980s.

Meanwhile, Motown was rejuvenating its image under new chief Jheryl Busby. Busby had been the head of Black music at MCA for years, shepherding the careers of chart-toppers like New Edition and Jody Watley. In 1988, Motown founder Berry Gordy sold Motown Record Corporation for $61 million to a Boston venture capital concern and MCA Records; and Busby took over as President. At Motown, Busby wanted to bring the classic house of Hitsville into a more modern era; and in the late 1980s, that meant diving headfirst into new jack swing R&B and Hip-Hop. MC Trouble had originally intended to pursue a career as a singer, but focused on rapping after a local DJ heard her rhyme. Now, she was set to be Motown's first major foray into rap music. The label first pushed the teenager via the What Does It All Mean compilation. Released in 1989 via Motown with Greg Mack of KDAY 1580, the project was meant to announce Motown's new wave.

New Motown artists including MC Trouble, Today, The Good Girls and The Boys went out on the road in 1990 as the Motor Town Revue, a throwback approach meant to evoke the label's 60s heyday while highlighting its new talent. MC Trouble had appeared on Texas rapper Jazzie Redd’s single “Think” from his 1990 album Spice of Life; and she released her first major single "I Wanna Make You Mine" later that year. The song featured The Good Girls and the video became a major fixture on BET's Rap City.

Working alongside LA Jay, Trouble would produce or co-produce the majority of her debut album, and Get A Grip dropped in the summer of 1990, a collection of new jack-driven radio tunes and topical message raps.

On the road, she'd become a major draw amongst the new Motown artists. And she became especially close with The Good Girls. “I loved performing on stage with her," Joyce Tolbert of The Good Girls said in 2020. "I could watch the crowd and have fun, I [really] love, love it and my favorite was performing with her.”

Get A Grip was only a moderate success but a promising first step for both MC Trouble and her new-to-rap record label. Motown urged her to get into the studio for a follow-up and already had a title before the project even began: Trouble In Paradise. She reportedly despised the title and wanted to take her own creative direction, but nonetheless began work on her project in the summer of 1991.

It was while working on her sophomore album that Latasha Rogers suffered an epileptic seizure on June 1, 1991. She was at a friend's home and had the seizure in her sleep. Rogers had suffered from epilepsy her entire life and had to endure daily treatments. The label was reportedly unaware of Rogers' condition; nonetheless, she slipped into a coma and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Latasha Rogers was just 20 years old.

As word spread of MC Trouble's death, tributes began across the world of urban music. A Tribe Called Quest's 1991 track "Vibes 'n Stuff" features group member Phife Dawg's salute to her, ("I'm out like Buster Douglas. Rest in peace to MC Trouble."); and Nefertiti released "Trouble In Paradise" as an ode to the young emcee. Her labelmates The Boys also released the rap song "You Got Me Cryin'" about their fallen friend. And Boyz II Men, who signed to Motown just before Trouble's death, paid homage to MC Trouble with the music video for their hit single "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye."

“She was a beautiful soul and a superstar she would have been an active person, in the community a very strong young woman with a vision in mind," Tolbert said. "Trouble would have created some positive movement within our youth and our communities and schools through music and her voice."