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. 2.1 2004–2006: Early career and Rappa Ternt Sanga.His most successful feature to date was on Flo Rida's debut single " Low", which has since been certified diamond (10x 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 earned two Grammy Awards from 12 nominations, 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, T-Pain 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. After signing with American singer Akon’s Konvict Muzik, T-Pain subsequently founded his own vanity label imprint, Nappy Boy Entertainment, established in 2005. His success with the effect has influenced several other major artists to adopt it as well, namely Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Future and Travis Scott, among others.
Throughout his career as a singer, T-Pain popularized the creative use of the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect, used with extreme parameter settings to create distinctive vocal sounds. Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1984), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.
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