The album reached number thirty-three on the Billboard 200, and has since been certified Gold by the RIAA, for reaching sales of 500,000 units. After being discovered, T-Pain began singing instead of rapping, and subsequently recorded and released his debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, on December 6, 2005. 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 most successful feature to date was on Flo Rida's debut single " Low", which has been certified diamond (10× platinum) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). From 2006 to 2010, T-Pain was featured on more than 50 chart-topping singles. T-Pain has received 12 Grammy Awards nominations and two awards: one with Kanye West for " Good Life" and the other 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)", " Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')", " Bartender", " Can't Believe It", and " 5 O'Clock". His third album, Three Ringz, was released in 2008.
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 2005. Others followed, including rappers Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Future, Travis Scott and Trippie Redd.Īfter signing with Akon's Konvict Muzik, T-Pain founded a vanity label imprint, Nappy Boy Entertainment, in 2005. He popularized the creative use of the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect, used with extreme parameter settings to create distinctive vocal sounds. Rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American
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