Dezell Tristan French aka (Trueful) was born September 12, 1987 in Long Beach, California to Debrah and Dana French. At an early age Tristan showed a love for performing and entertainment. Today that love has turned Tristan into a talented vocalist, songwriter, dancer and actor. His shows are captivating and every audience that has witnessed his electrifying performance walks away saying he is the next big Pop star.

Over the year Tristan French has gone under the name Trueful.
Tristan first performance, at the age of 16, was at the national Uplifting Minds II entertainment conference in Los Angeles. In 2007 he signed with French Royalty Records, owned by his parents and continued to perform at conferences, fundraisers, and club and college tours - while in the studio preparing for his next CD release. Tristan has developed a signature style of romancing the ladies in the audience with roses at the end of his shows. His performances, songwriting, dancing, soulful singing and gentleman demeanor has gained him the respect of his contemporaries.


Standing at 6’2” Tristan is an accomplished dancer often providing guidance to his label mates the French Royal Dancers. He has performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and other venues such as the Black College Expo, BMI’s Urban Network Conference; Randy’s School Tour; Celebrity Centre; The Palmer Room; B. B. King’s Club (Universal City Walk), The Aqua Lounge, The Oasis, and the House of Blues (Sunset) and more.

Trueful’s debut CD release was in 2008 titled “Truth Be Told.” The CD garnered him his first hit single “Wherever I Go” which qualified him for a 2008 Grammy Award nomination consideration in the Best New Artist category and a Las Vegas Music Awards nomination for Best Vocalist. The single stayed on the Billboard charts for 9 weeks going from 25 to 13.

His sophomore CD scheduled for a fall, 2010 release is titled “Taste of Class.” The single “Feeling You,” produced by Apt 6 Productions, is rapidly gaining radio airplay and is accompanied by a hot music video that features comedian Peanutt, actress/dancer Gita, and the French Royalty Dancers (Krystal, D Valentine and Jasmine (Jazzy) Hayes).

As an actor Tristan  has appeared in the films “Death by Association” directed by JayTee from BET’s College Hill and has done extra work on “Easy A” starring Amanda Bines and Furious 7(Central Casting Agency). As a singer-songwriter he is currently working his upcoming Mr.French album with a hot new single "Back It Up". Tristan was also a student at UCLA’s Extension Program in Music Business and Recording Engineering.

French Royalty Records  Email:frenchroyaltyinc@yahoo.com

remember when we were all emo and we insisted that it wasn't a phase and most of us grew out of it anyway? I didn't

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