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Biography

Faheem Najm (born September 30, 1984), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American hip hop, R&B Singer-songwriter and producer who has been noted for using the auto-tune effect (often mis-cited as a vocoder effect) in his singing.[1][2] T-Pain won his first Grammy Award for featuring on Kanye West's "Good Life".

Early life
He was born in Tallahassee, Florida to entrepreneur Muslim parents Shasheem Najm and Aliyah Najm.[3] At the age of ten, Faheem reworked his bedroom into a small studio with a keyboard, beat machine and four-track recorder, and began composing music. Faheem later graduated from James S. Rickards High School.[3] Prior to becoming a solo singer, Faheem was part of the Tallahassee rap group Nappy Headz, allowing T-Pain to start his career as a solo artist.[4] In 2002, he founded his own label, Hard & B, and soon caught the spotlight as a solo artist when his song "I'm Fucked Up", a reworked version of Akon's "Locked Up", gained popularity in the region. Akon noticed the song and signed T-Pain to his newly formed Konvict Music record label.[4]


Personal Life
T-Pain has sponcered adult swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He is seen in music video Shawty Get Loose with a Mooninite chain, adult swim has decided not to sell this on their online shop. Also, in Who the **** Is That?, he is seen wearing a Meatwad beanie hat. T-Pain also guest appears in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Dummy Love".

Career

2005: Rappa Ternt Sanga
Main article: Rappa Ternt Sanga
T-Pain released his solo debut title single, "I'm Sprung", in August 2005. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, ("rapper turned singer") was released on November 6, 2005, under Konvict Music. Guest appearances included Mike Jones, Trick Daddy, Youngbloodz, Styles P., Akon, BoneCrusher, & Tay Dizm. Hit singles "I'm Sprung" and "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" which sold over 5 million ringtones spawned official remixes titled "I'm Sprung 2" with Trick Daddy and YoungBloodZ, and "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper), The Remix" with Twista, Pimp C, Paul Wall, R. Kelly, MJG and Too Short. He is featured on E-40's 2006 summer hit single U and Dat along with Kandi Girl, which was produced by Lil Jon.


2007: Epiphany
Main article: Epiphany (album)
He has released his second album Epiphany on the 5th of June, 2007, that features "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" and his new hit-single "Bartender" featuring Akon. This album has shipped platinum. Guest appearances included Yung Joc, Akon, Shawnna, Cham, Kardinal Offishall, & Jay Lyriq. During that time, he has appeared on the remix of R. Kelly's "I'm a Flirt", with T.I., Bow Wow's "Outta My System", Fabolous's "Baby Don't Go", Plies's "Shawty", Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss", & Kanye West's "Good Life". His new single is "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung Joc, which he produced for his upcoming album Church. The video for "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" was released April 9, and the song went to #1. It contains cameos by Jay-Z, Huey, Shawnna, and E-40. He is recently featured on Flo-Rida's debut single, "Low". He has released a song for MySpace lovers, called "What's Your Myspace" featuring Tay Dizm. He released a song with Florida Artist J-Shin, called "Send Me An E-Mail". The video for the song was co-directed by T-Pain and fellow Floridian filmmaker JOKES and co-starred "MySpace Queen" Tila Tequila. It is said that T-Pain helped Miami rappers Plies & Flo-Rida start their music career through their debut singles.


2008
So far, T-Pain and his label mate Tay Dizm has been featured on Dolla's "Who the **** is That?" & 2 Pistols's "She Got It". T-Pain has also appeared on Rick Ross's "The Boss" & Lil Mama's "Shawty Get Loose" with Chris Brown.


Nappy Boy record label

T-Pain performing in 2007.T-Pain created his own music label called "Nappy Boy Entertainment", which has several artists signed already; he plans to release a new album in the fall of 2008.[5]

Awards and nominations
American Music Awards
2007, Favorite Male Artist [Nominated]
Grammy Awards
2008, Album of the Year (Graduation) Nominated
2008, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Bartender") Nominated
2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Good Life") Winner With Kanye West
2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Kiss Kiss") Nominated
MTV Video Music Award
2007, Monster Single of the Year ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)") [Nominated]
Vibe Awards
2007, Best R&B Artist [Nominated]
2007, Best Collaboration ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)") [Nominated]
2007, Song of the Year ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)") Winner
Ozone Music Awards
2007, Best Male R&B Artist [Award]
2007, Best Rap/R&B Collaboration with Plies ("Shawty") [Award]

Discography
Main article: T-Pain discography

Albums
2005: Rappa Ternt Sanga
2007: Epiphany
2008: No Love Without Pain
2008: 3 Rings [2]

Singles
2005: "I'm Sprung"
2006: "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" (featuring Mike Jones)
2007: "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (featuring Yung Joc)
2007: "Bartender" (featuring Akon)
2007: "Church"

Featured singles
2006: "U and Dat" (E-40 featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl)
2007: "I'm a Flirt (Remix)" (R. Kelly featuring T.I. & T-Pain)
2007: "Outta My System" (Bow Wow featuring T-Pain)
2007: "Shawty" (Plies featuring T-Pain)
2007: "Baby Don't Go" (Fabolous featuring T-Pain)
2007: "Cyclone" (Baby Bash featuring T-Pain)
2007: "I'm So Hood" (DJ Khaled featuring Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Plies, & T-Pain)
2007: "Kiss Kiss" (Chris Brown featuring T-Pain)
2007: "Rehab" (Amy Winehouse featuring T-Pain on saxophone)
2007: "Good Life" (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
2007: "Low" (Flo-Rida featuring T-Pain)
2007: "Who the **** Is That?" (Dolla featuring T-Pain & Tay Dizm)
2008: "Shawty Get Loose" (Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain)
2008: "She Got It" (2 Pistols featuring T-Pain & Tay Dizm)
2008: "The Boss" (Rick Ross featuring T-Pain)
2008: "Cash Flow" (Ace Gutta featuring Rick Ross, T-Pain & DJ Khaled)
2008: "Moon Of Dreams" (Ruslana featuring T-Pain)

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