T-Pain: Biography

T-Pain
Birth Name:
Faheem Najm

Genres:
R&B and Soul Music, Rap & Hip-Hop Music

Decades Active:
2000's


Popularity
Low



Tallahasseebased MC and vocalist TPain (born Faheem Najm) came up in a rap group called Nappy Headz but went pro as a solo RB artist after he recorded "I'm Fked Up," a personal take on Akon's Top Ten hit "Locked Up." Akon heard the track and took TPain under his wing with a contract on his Jivedistributed Kovict Muzik label. Produced and written mostly by TPain, Rappa Ternt Sanga was released in December 2005, led by the Top 20 single "I'm Sprung."

- Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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