Meet Tremain: Aspiring Rapper Rushed to HSC After Explosion 

Life can change in ​an instant​​. For​ local rapper​ Tremain ​"Te3W3Y" ​Minty-Dodd,​ life changed twice in a few days. The first, at the promise of a record deal. The second, in the explosive blaze of a fire.  

“​​I heard a bang, and ​then ​I couldn’t see anything,” says Minty-Dodd, recalling ​the events of​​​ May 2022. 

Minty-Dodd had ​​returned to Winnipeg after a trip to Atlanta, to see friend and ex-Winnipeg Blue Bomber, Maurice Leggett—who is the CEO and Founder of the Almighty Allstars Entertainment record label in Atlanta, the label that signed a record deal with Minty-Dodd. 

​​Minty-Dodd decided to tell his friends the good news at a bonfire.​​​ 

They ​couldn't get the flames to catch, so Minty-Dodd decided to ​use gasoline, something he realizes was ​dangerous​.​

​​​That's when ​​​​Minty-Dodd heard a loud bang and was temporarily blinded. 

“It sounded like a gunshot went off beside my ​head. I felt hot. I realized I was on fire…so I stopped, dropped, and rolled—and kept rolling until the fire went out.” 

Minty-Dodd felt warm, but otherwise fine. It wasn’t until he saw his hands, “bleeding more than ​I had ever seen someone bleed,” that Minty-Dodd realized the severity of the situation. 

His friends called 911 and covered Minty-Dodd in wet towels ​until ambulances arrived.​​

Minty-Dodd woke up in the Intensive Care Unit at HSC​ Winnipeg​, where he stayed for three days before moving to the GH-5 Surgery Unit which would become his home for nearly four weeks.  

35 pecent of h​is​​ body had varying levels of first-, second-, and third-degree burns, and both of his hands required immediate skin grafts. 

Thanks to HSC​ ​renowned trauma and burn surgeon, Dr. Sarvesh Logsetty, and Ben, Minty-Dodd’s occupational therapist, who he still sees once a month to prevent ​loss of function in his hands, Minty-Dodd has been able to return to normal. 

“My strength and energy aren’t there yet, but they’re better,” says Minty-Dodd six months after his discharge from HSC.  

Through it all, Minty-Dodd turned more and more towards God​.

"Being in the hospital helped me find a stronger connection to God,” says Minty-Dodd. 

The accident and ​connection have also led Minty-Dodd to changing his genre of music. Before the accident, Minty-Dodd claims his music was “more like everyone else’s,” and didn’t stand out. Now, he is working in a genre called Gospel Rap.  

“It’s not the most popular, but there are a few people who've been pretty successful with this genre, so it’s opening up a lane for me​” says Minty-Dodd, who is hopeful for where his record deal will take him. 

To help him on his healing journey, and to show his gratitude, Tremain “TR3W3Y” Minty-Dodd produced a song about his time at HSC Winnipeg, which you can listen to here.  

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