Troi Torain aka STAR is an African/Italian American radio and television personality. Troi Torain is 5 feet and 7 inches tall — he is also heterosexual. Troi was born on May 3^rd 1964 and was raised in Scotch Plains New Jersey. Troi attended public and private schools and was very active in Hockey, Motocross and Football during his formative years.

Troi is the youngest of two boys and often speaks about his great childhood in the suburbs. Troi Torain moved to Brooklyn, NY in 1981 and then re-located to Manhattan (Washington Heights) during his last year of high-school. During the 80’s Troi also played bass guitar in Rock & Roll bands and eventually found his way to working in the MTV mailroom.

In the winter of 87 Troi moved to Martha’s Vineyard to make repairs on the family summer home in Oak Bluffs. Also, during that period Troi found time to absorb Ayn Rand’s philosophy Objectivism and the music of his favorite band RUSH.

In the spring of 89 Troi returned to NYC and began working as a marketing rep for WEA (Warner Electra Atlantic). During the 90’s Troi Torain became National director for Virgin Records and bounced around between different record labels as a promotion executive.

Also, in the nineties Torain started publishing his own magazine “Around The Way” which led to appearances on Donohue, Geraldo, Ricki Lake and other mainstream platforms. In 1995 Troi Torain signed an exclusive deal with the SOURCE magazine where he developed the characters Star & Buc Wild via his Reality Check column. In the spring of 1998 Troi produced the Star & Buc Wild show with his half-brother Timothy Joseph on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Television.