While T-Pain was offered other record deals, with the highest bidding being US$900,000, Akon promised the young artist a personal mentorship in the industry. Akon eventually came across the song and immediately offered him a deal to his label, Konvict Muzik. T-Pain joined the rap group Nappy Headz in 1999 and later recorded 'I'm Fucked Up', a cover version of Akon's single ' Locked Up'. Career 1999–2006: Early career and Rappa Ternt Sanga At age ten, Najm turned his bedroom into a music studio, using a keyboard, a beat machine and a four-track recorder.

At three years old, he got his first taste of the music business when a friend of the family, gospel jazz artist/producer Ben Tankard, allowed him to spend time and 'twist the knobs' at his recording studio. Najm was brought up in a Muslim household, but he has expressed his lack of interest in the concept of religion. His stage name is short for 'Tallahassee Pain', and was chosen because of the hardships he experienced while living there. Najm was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, to parents Aliyah, a Bahamian chef, and Shasheem, who founded the Homeboyz to Men program. His furthest success was reached with Flo Rida's 2007 debut single ' Low', which was named third on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and has been certified diamond (10× platinum) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In addition, T-Pain was featured as a guest performer on over fifty commercial singles from 2006 to 2010. T-Pain has received two Grammy Awards from twelve nominations: his first with Kanye West for ' Good Life' and his second with Jamie Foxx for ' Blame It'.

The albums included a string of hit singles, including ' I'm Sprung', ' I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)' (featuring Mike Jones), ' Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')' (featuring Yung Joc), ' Bartender' (featuring Akon), ' Can't Believe It' (featuring Lil Wayne), and ' 5 O'Clock' (featuring Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen). His third and fourth albums, Three Ringz and Revolver, were released in 20 respectively. In 2007, he released his second album, Epiphany, which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in December of that year to critical and commercial success. Others followed, including rappers Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Future.Īfter signing with Akon's Konvict Muzik, T-Pain founded a vanity label imprint, Nappy Boy Entertainment, in 2005. He is known for popularizing creative use of the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect, used with extreme parameter settings to create distinctive vocal sounds. Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American

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