MONROE — A Madison-based rap artist and music producer is preparing for trial in Lafayette County on a charge of first-degree reckless homicide after authorities allege he sold heroin to a 46-year-old female who died of an apparent overdose there in 2022.

The unnamed woman died in the Argyle apartment she shared with her boyfriend on March 6, 2022, shortly after, authorities say, she purchased fentanyl laced heroin from Tre T. Creamer, also known as Tre Money, a regional rapper with videos on YouTube and music on streaming services, such as Spotify.

The deadly drug purchase allegedly happened on Madison’s west side, in the parking lot of a retail store. There, the boyfriend and victim met Tre “Money” Creamer, a man who often displays a 9 mm handgun when selling drugs to customers, according to a criminal complaint filed in Lafayette County Circuit Court. They allegedly bought two grams of a substance the pair thought was heroin.

The victim also had methamphetamine in her system and there was additional evidence of meth use in the apartment, authorities said. She died from a “mixed” toxicity of fentanyl, carfentanyl, methamphetamine and amphetamine, according to the county coroner, cited in the complaint.

“Mike (the victim’s boyfriend) stated …that people have talked about the fact that the Heroin is strong so they assumed it was cut with fentanyl,” said the complaint. “I asked Mike where Victim 1 got the drugs she overdosed on and Mike stated he believes the Heroin came from Money.”

The boyfriend then detailed for police the trip to Madison to buy drugs the day before her death in a minivan, spending $120 on two grams of suspected heroin.

“Mike stated the plan was take the Heroin home with them to Argyle, Wisconsin and consume it at home,” the complaint said.

Police suspect that after watching television late with her boyfriend, the victim awoke and injected the deadly drug in the bathroom of their Broad Street apartment. An EMS crew was called but unable to revive her at about 6 a.m.

Even after the victim’s death, the boyfriend is alleged to have continued using hard drugs and his contacts with “Money.” It does not appear he has been charged in the case.

“Mike stated he does not buy or get heroin from anyone but Money,” said the complaint. “Mike stated that after the victim died, Money cut Mike off from buying Heroin from Money…. Mike believes that Money cut him off because Money believed the heroin Money sold to Mike killed Victim 1.”

The boyfriend, Mike, then resorted to using a friend to buy from Creamer, before a month or so of time passed, and Money allegedly said he could resume purchasing drugs from him.

Following an investigation, Creamer, 31 at the time, was arrested and charged with first degree reckless homicide, manufacture of narcotics, and maintaining a drug trafficking place. He was later released on $15,000 bond and last appeared on the reckless homicide charges Tuesday in Lafayette County Circuit Court.

During the hearing, according to court records, Creamer’s attorney filed a motion for a “Denny hearing” which would allow the defendant to present evidence of someone else being guilty in court. He also was seeking information about confidential informants used in the case. Creamer’s jury trial is scheduled to start June 26. A sentencing hearing on the other charges is scheduled for May 19.

According to court records, Creamer was convicted of disorderly conduct and battery in 2011, after a felony charge of strangulation/suffocation was dismissed by prosecutors.

Among numerous Tre Money videos online, some show weapons with laser pointers, drug use and stacks of what appear to be U.S. currency.