T-Pain
Birth name Faheem Najm
Born 1985
aka Tallahassee Pain
Florida : Tallahassee, Florida

T-Pain Biography :

In the winter of 2005, southern soulster T-Pain burst on the rhythmic scene with his debut Rappa Ternt Sanga and things just ain’t been the same. As a former microphone fiend who was down with the rap pack known as the Nappy Headz, a five-man group who had moderate success with “Robbery” in the early 2000’s, T-Pain was tired of the borders that divides hip-hop and soul, especially since he was excellent at both.

“I just got tired of turning on the radio and everything just sounding the same,” remarks the Tallahassee, Florida native whose government name is Faheem Najm. “I know it might sound corny, but I wanted to try and make something different.” After doing an unofficial remix of Akon’s “Locked Up,” the African sensation signed T-Pain to his Konvict Music imprint.

Incorporating a soaring chorus, soulful handclaps and 808 grooves, his first single “I’m Sprung” (2005) detailed the maddening joy of finding a new love. “…with his acoustic guitar and Vocoder-laced vocals suggest a hurt that no exotic dancer can cure,” wrote critic Chris Ryan in Spin magazine. While some compared the laidback electro with the best of the late Roger Troutman of the group Zapp, it was obvious that T-Pain was on a different level of creativity than his contemporaries.

Followed by the enticing second single “I’m N Luv (Wit A Stripper). As T-Pain told MTV.com : "Dancers love [the song]," he professed. "There’s finally a song about strippers that ain’t degrading. It’s not the shake-that-ass song or ’Let’s go in the backroom.’ It’s a song that’s appreciating strippers.” Well on his way to a brilliant career, T-Pain sold a combined five million ring-tones of “Stripper” and “Sprung.”

Coming back strong in 2007, T-Pain has been hard at work constructing his sophomore joint Epiphany. “There has been a growth inside of me since I made that first album,” states T-Pain, reflecting on the time he spent working on his latest project. “To be blunt, I had to learn to stop being lazy in the studio. On the first album I recorded what I thought people wanted to hear, this time it was about me being an artist.”

Personal without being pretentious, Epiphany offers the listener a variety of musical styles that ranges from the snappin’ first single “Buy U a Drank” (featuring Yung Joc) to the rebel reggae furor of “Shotz” to the deep message of “Suicide.” Indeed, with each song we can only marvel at the proficiency that T-Pain has developed, both on the mic and behinds the boards.

“I recorded over forty songs in six months,” he says. “Of course, all of them weren’t the hottest, but creatively I felt truly inspired when working on these tracks.”
Borrowing from four different snap records to create one hot track, “Buy U a Drank” manages to be simultaneously club-centric and romantic without being straight-up nasty. “Basically, these days lots of people begin their relationships in the clubs,” explains T-Pain. “Whole conversations begin with some guy buying a young lady a drink. I wanted to make a song for those folks.”

On the second single, “Bartender” tells the tale of a broken-hearted dude and his crush on a cutie-pie mixologist. “Sometimes, the bartenders are the hottest girls in the club,” T-Pain explains. “Guys are always falling in love with those girls, even if it goes no further than that night. ‘Bartender’ is an anthem for those guys.”

While T-Pain has no problem making hypnotic dance tracks like the amazing “Church,” he can also induce tears with songs like “Suicide.” Opening with the sorrowful chords of a Spanish guitar, T-Pain lyrically flashes upon the many ways the youth of today is killing themselves. “Having sex without condoms, driving drunk, selling drugs, all that is ‘Suicide.’ We do a lot of stupid stuff that only has one ending.”

Having seen firsthand how drugs can destroy the fiber of family, T-Pain consciously chose to detour from that path. Recently, with his wife and daughter, he recently relocated to Atlanta in hopes of a fresh start. In addition, T-Pain built two studios in his sprawling basement.

Traveling throughout the world while on tour with label-mate Chris Brown (and later with Bow Wow), also gave T-Pain a different perspective on life and music. “I loved being in London, because overseas it seemed that people were taking different kinds of risks with their records,” T-Pain says. “I was also impressed when I was in Brixton, and the club was filled with Black people and not one fight broke out. Where I come from, folks fighting inside the spot is a regular thing.”

In addition to Epiphany, T-Pain is also gearing up to start working with various artists on outside projects including R. Kelly, Kanye West, Usher, Chris Brown and Britney Spears. “In the past nineteen days, I’ve gotten more than twenty-five calls from artists who want to work with me,” T-Pain explains. “Right now, it’s a very exciting time.”

While T-Pain embraces both the old-school and current R&B, his complete persona on Epiphany shows us an artist who is unafraid of taking chances. “For me, soul music is about love, and it’s that kind of warmth that I want to bring back to the music.” Forget about the next level, because T-Pain is taking us places that have yet to be defined.

T-Pain discography :

T-Pain Albums :

T-Pain Rappa Ternt Sanga
Released : December 5, 2005

T-Pain Epiphany
Released : May 29, 2007

T-Pain 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)

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T-Pain, by base [2008-06-14 00:16:08]

his wifes name is amber duh

T-Pain, by base [2008-06-14 00:12:39]

t pain you are the only guy i luv but my family is rassis but im not and i think you are so sexy and i ame only 11

T-Pain, by Steven jones [2008-06-11 23:00:01]

I like your hair i think it is kool. I got one Q is it your real hair ? Cuz i want mine done like yours,and if it is real then how long did it take u to grow your hair that long ???? hit me up at. r12romeo1@yahoo.com

T-Pain, by Vicky [2008-06-11 00:25:38]

T-pain ma babii.i thought his name wut b teddy or tedrick considering tha fact dat his stage name is T-pain.but he still ma babii.he had ma attention since da 5th grade.well na im in da 9th bt thanks 4givin me sumthin new 2 listen 2since den !!!!

T-Pain, by nichole [2008-05-10 18:04:17]

his birthname is faheem najm, and his wife’s name is amber.

T-Pain, by quinn [2008-05-01 00:45:48]

whats your wifes name

T-Pain, by K9 [2008-04-29 09:46:31]

Do your thang cuz...K9

T-Pain, by white19 [2008-04-17 09:58:28]

t.p iz just coool.l like the dude.

T-Pain, by Alisha [2008-04-16 13:50:52]

is hi

T-Pain, by shaniquia moore [2008-04-08 18:39:57]

i love tpain

T-Pain, by k.k [2008-03-20 21:30:01]

hey boo

T-Pain, by k.k [2008-03-20 21:29:16]

y u marry a white girl

T-Pain, by k.k [2008-03-20 21:27:47]

y u marry white girl nigga

T-Pain, by alex [2008-03-08 13:42:21]

Hey T-pain or anyone, who was the lead female in your original I’m in love with a stripper video, yall know the one who dropped the boxes, the pink sweat suit etc ? I’d reall appreciate it if someone would tell me...

T-Pain, by soija boy [2008-03-05 12:49:47]

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T-Pain, by angelec [2008-02-29 18:39:51]

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T-Pain, by kayla [2008-02-22 23:55:58]

i wish dat you waznt married screw all them haters they just wish they waz like u man ! u fuckn sexy as hell !

T-Pain, by kayla [2008-02-22 23:53:38]

man you are so hot ! i wish dat u waznt married ! lol

T-Pain, by idris [2008-02-17 14:36:52]

I wish to see u one day to tell u ma mind

T-Pain, by christine k [2008-02-14 02:32:46]

hey t-pain !love u heapzzzz,ppl at my skwl say u suck but u dont !im ur numba 1 fan !i wud buy all ur albums but i got no cash,u rock !!!!!dont eva stop singin !nd keep da dread locks,day rock !jus lyk u

T-Pain, by ronicia aka nici [2008-02-01 07:16:41]

t-pain is the fuckin shit bitches all yall lame ass pussy niggas be like he cant sang and he garbage yall just mad cuz u cant do it like him yall no damn well yall got hes album jamin to his tracks i LOVE YOU t-pain fuck all the haters they just mad cuz they aint you t-pain can sang truly t-pain inspired me to wright songs i remix buy ua drank i hope you like it love ya from nici

T-Pain, by aurella [2008-01-30 14:37:17]

t-paain u is so fine i got a bestfriend oh look just like u. but he cut ishis hair off

T-Pain, by *fucc you* [2008-01-29 11:39:59]

yall muda fuccers stupid man yall jam to some pussy ass music fucc t-pain and T.I bitch ass nigga

T-Pain, by hassan big dane [2008-01-28 04:19:57]

T.PAIN is my gretest ever hip hop star and i love his music my best track is shawty the original and he is gat a very beutiful voice every one admires it and i wish i would work on a song with u.

T-Pain, by tpains admirer [2008-01-20 00:21:00]

can u do me a favor please hit me up at sagal619@hotmail.com or 206 4243045 please anwser me i love u thank you

T-Pain, by tpains admirer [2008-01-20 00:08:55]

i

i love u tp

T-Pain, by ronicia aka nici [2008-01-11 07:16:26]

i lovr t-pain truly in my eyes hes the best i liked him from day one and he still didnt put me down infact in my heart t-pain would never put me down. man sense he came out ive been listening to the radio more cause before t-pain im sorry hiphop was dead i love you t-pain thats coming from my heart and soul

T-Pain, by [2008-01-08 10:30:26]

t-pain iz da best mutha fukkin rappa out dare so yall mutha fukkin haterz can shut yo fukkin mouthz

T-Pain, by poochie [2007-12-27 21:18:27]

tpain u r a cool guy i think u woulddo better if u use ur own voice.

T-Pain, by tra’paris [2007-12-11 15:49:01]

u are very talented and when u cum bac to VA ’’ im in yo consert ’’Y@ Digg ! Tra’Paris

T-Pain, by eze [2007-12-07 13:46:17]

though i’v not met teddy,i think he is a very nice guy nd a good artiste.i hope to see him in lagos,nigeria cos he is comin on the 14th of dec.merry xmas teddy nd keep rocking

T-Pain, by *$outh $ide*Hou$ton* [2007-12-07 09:54:21]

MAN SHUT THA FUKK UP YO *JAZMIN* FEMALE I DINT ASK FOR YOUR MUDA FUKKING OPINION YOU DIG CUZ AND FUKK WAT YOU TALKING BOUT MAYNE I KNOW HOW TO SPIT GAME CUZ DOWN HERE IN HOUSTON WE KEEP IT TRILL TO THA FULEST AND I CAN GIVE A DAMN IF AM UGLY A LEAST AM NOT A SPRUNG ASS NIGGA LIKE HIM AND I DONT FALL IN LOVE WITH NO STRIPER WHO THA FUKK IS GOING TO MAKE A SONG LIKE THAT GAY SO SHUT THA FUKK UP

T-Pain, by spoowey [2007-12-06 21:40:11]

i luv all t-pain songs the thing i like about his songs is the lyrics and if u listen real closely you can actuly hear what his song really mean.it aint the way you sing the song it’s the lyrics in da song thats y i luv t-pain

T-Pain, by Shae [2007-11-29 15:52:27]

T pain is more then the future of hip hop and R&B. He is a great artist. I love EVERY SINGLE SONG he has made and the ones he features in. He will be around for a long time. TRUST

T-Pain, by JAZMIN [2007-11-27 16:30:17]

THAT BOY IS A HATER T-PAIN IS HELLA TIGHT HE RAP BETTER THAN YO UGLY ASS HE PROBABLY LOOK BETTER THAN U 2

T-Pain, by * Di$ Ur Cuzz* From :$crew$ton Texa$ [2007-11-27 09:56:56]

Ur tha uglyest muda fukka alive mayne u rap like a stupid ass man fukk u and ur music down here in tha South we don’t like your shit well keep on doing your pussy ass work nukka *HOOVA*

T-Pain, by addrianne [2007-11-26 15:56:15]

i so like love t-pain lol i love him

T-Pain, by [2007-11-26 11:04:56]

I LOVE T-PAIN AND HIS MOVES. I ALSO LOVE YOU AND CHRIS BROWN’S NEW SONG DAT JUST MADE A BIG HIT IN ’07 "KISS, KISS"

T-Pain, by [2007-11-23 22:25:10]

t-pain dat man vicious

T-Pain, by leslie adame [2007-11-17 12:34:57]

damn that guys fine !!!

T-Pain, by snoopy dawg [2007-11-16 19:57:54]

yo yo what up T-Pain.U r sssoooooo cccccccccccccoooooooooollllll. But Iwas just wandering if u want to FUCK my girlfriend mean i already did like 100 times

T-Pain, by Stephen perri [2007-11-16 19:50:22]

T-Pain you rock but who came up with your name ?But I wish I could met u for real

T-Pain, by hb [2007-11-13 15:17:15]

tpain sup mayne..all d way from nigeria...im ur biggest fan down here...hope u come to do a show here sumtym.....u d best !!! fuck all tpain haters holla back

T-Pain, by josie [2007-11-10 10:41:38]

i love him sooo i call him every day i want him to cALL ME ON my BIRTHDAY !!!!

T-Pain, by clairissa [2007-11-07 08:47:31]

omg i love t-pain he is my favcorite artist in the world lol..i saw him at the festival at new york city i screamed my head of it even look lke he lok at me lol...t-pain is the best artist to me and would always be..

T-Pain, by ciara [2007-10-29 18:39:28]

what is your number oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoooxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox BOO.

T-Pain, by paige [2007-10-27 14:38:37]

EVERY ONE WHO HATES T-PAIN IS JUST THE DUMBEST PPL IN THE WORLD ! I LUV T-PAIN AND ALWAYS WILL ! I HOPE YOU ANCER ME BACK T-PAIN CUZ I REALY NEED TO TALK TO YOU !

T-Pain, by paige [2007-10-27 14:37:23]

t-pain i love evrey thing about you ! im going to meet you someday i know i will. when i become old im still going to listen to your music. thats how much i luv you i listen olny to you and akon thats all no one else ! YOUR NUMBER 1 all da ppl out there thats haten on t-pain fuck you all to hell. thats how much i care about you t-pain

T-Pain, by paige [2007-10-27 14:30:29]

your so hot if you want to send me my addy is t-painluver@hotmail.com

T-Pain, by bob [2007-10-27 12:52:40]

your a dickhead !!!!

T-Pain, by daryl barnes [2007-10-24 10:57:05]

i love u baby ok i comin to live wit u

T-Pain, by daryl barnes [2007-10-24 10:54:26]

ur sexy cute i love ur music ur hot i will love 2 b wit u

T-Pain, by yaw david [2007-10-20 17:38:08]

t-pain is a very good single and as a very powerful voice.i like hem very much and i hope he will be my friend.

T-Pain, by Tameka [2007-10-17 02:40:49]

Hey my name tameka and i love your song looking good

T-Pain, by Kelsee.Leah.22 [2007-10-12 11:38:23]

I love T-pain so much he makes such good music i love your voice it sounds so so so good keep up the good work and keep makin them hits !!

T-Pain, by Bayron [2007-10-12 01:45:50]

T-pain I am #1 fan hey T how much are ur white glasses and where could I I get ones plus what will ur next luv be

T-Pain, by diana perez [2007-10-07 21:41:37]

hey its me diana again well i just hopoe that you get my messge and write back oh i almost for got im turning 16

T-Pain, by diana perez [2007-10-07 21:37:34]

hey t-pain i have a birthday coming up in november on the 1 of november well i just hope that you come im sad becuase i have no money to pay for you to come and it would be great if you com for free and i will pay you later

T-Pain, by bow wow [2007-10-05 13:06:05]

t pain you wack is fuck

T-Pain, by icybaby [2007-10-05 05:41:29]

I love you t-pain ..I dont care about negative stuff they say about you .they are just jealous coz no matter how hard they work they still not progressing. Forget them coz haters are losers . LOVE YOU :) im you number 1 fan !

T-Pain, by MiZaF NaHk [2007-10-02 13:55:42]

yo that song cant conrol it and im so hood are carzy !

T-Pain, by Gomez [2007-10-02 03:49:56]

Yo T-pain, I like all your songs including the shawty snappin’ and also the Shawty you sang with Plies. More over the Bartender lyrics is my number one hit song i loved and i used it as my cell ring tone here and i love the "buy you a drank aswel. But T-pain something is really bothering me " DO YOU REALLY HAVE AIDS AS PEOPLE SAYS" ? Well feel free to holla me as i hope to have connection with you in the near future.

T-Pain, by Mimi ^-^ [2007-09-30 18:16:42]

i love love your songs and, videos, i wish i had all your albims i am a big fan of yours T-pain ima always talking about your songs to my brother he gets mad at me alot of plp like your songs ok i love good bye

T-Pain, by natty [2007-09-24 14:38:14]

heyhey t-pain !!! omg love your music so much its true thouhg everything on the radio is the same but ur awsome ur not like other signers where ther songs get old n stuff ur songs r always good n like today i just found out ur the on e who sings im sprung !!!! thats awsome man i ;love that song n u kno ur new song my gurlz gotta gulfrend such a good song m an lov ya peacc

T-Pain, by [2007-09-15 16:01:56]

no wonder da girls dont like you

T-Pain, by [2007-09-13 22:49:46]

Hey...dude...ru Muslim ?...if ur plzz tell me.....thanxxx...dude i reallly like ur muzic.....keep it up...

T-Pain, by Karleh [2007-08-19 21:04:40]

t-pain you are such the genius i love EVERY SINGLE one of your songs but sometimes i think u have a drinking problem lol im just kidding even my mom and dad like your music and they are pretty old skool well keep it up and i cant wait to hear more from you

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T-Pain, by MZ.T-PAIN [2007-08-16 19:31:11]

t-pain i luv u we were supposed 2 get married !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so whos wife and daughter ? ur other wife mz t-pain(biggest fan)AND I WANNA MEET YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!UR NUMBA 1

T-Pain, by 2gutter aka g-wood ’s finest [2007-08-16 18:37:44]

wuz up t-pain i rememebered when u ame to greenwodd south carolina at da civic center and did ur thang wat advice do u give an inspiring rapper who has serious flow and ghostwriting skills hit me up i’ll be lookin for u 2 respond by the way dis is mike aka 2gutter aka da problem child

T-Pain, by ThE-OtHeR-Mrs.Pain/Najm [2007-08-16 18:16:01]

I’m in love wit T-Pain and wanted to know do he got HIV cause i’m get tied of people tellin me he do

T-Pain, by T. Moreno [2007-08-16 06:50:35]

I’m a big fan and hope to meat u 1day. I like all ur songz and ur sickass voice.

T-Pain, by brookey [2007-08-13 21:53:51]

whiy is it that

T-Pain, by jamie [2007-08-10 19:56:32]

t-ain im a big fan of you and hope to meet u in the future and i want to work with u on a song to

T-Pain, by keka [2007-08-08 21:30:49]

I like shwaty with plies he is cute and u are to

T-Pain, by ya [2007-08-05 23:55:25]

y would u wanna marry him he has aids

T-Pain, by ya [2007-08-05 23:53:52]

noooooooooooo how can t pain have aids

T-Pain, by HipHoppa [2007-08-01 14:29:23]

is this dude for real ? wack ass hell.

T-Pain, by candy [2007-07-31 20:31:51]

yo, tpain im your numba 1 fan & your voice makes me melt !!!!!!!!!!

T-Pain, by camille [2007-07-31 20:27:09]

T-Pain, by ramon [2007-07-29 12:10:45]

whats up im ur number 1 fan

T-Pain, by [2007-07-28 00:55:00]

is tpains real name- Teddy Penderass

i wanna marry u ur so hot

T-Pain, by shuquana [2007-07-20 11:28:22]

t pain is a nice hardcore singer his voice is so nice when he sings.

T-Pain, by C.C. [2007-07-19 15:05:40]

u r soooo sexy and i want to screw u so bad !!!

T-Pain, by [2007-07-18 23:33:54]

My friend Stephanie is seriously in-love with you. She is obessed with your music and wants to bang you. HXC ! She also loves when you shake your dreads !!! so i think you should do it more often. thank you.

T-Pain, by KA$T [2007-07-17 23:07:34]

is t-pains name teddy in ne of his song

T-Pain, by jones s, nimley, jr. [2007-07-09 10:10:30]

T-pain i luv ur style,&u will always be the best of all time.ur boy jones from liberia,monrovia

T-Pain, by Dat Chos3n1 [2007-06-18 21:01:21]

Nigha stop using a ghostwriter and voice box be real nigga

T-Pain, by fugita [2007-06-14 08:51:47]

keep going,u are de best

T-Pain, by chewbacca [2007-06-12 20:49:50]

Damn u r on fire T-Pain u r kickin ass. im luv ur buy u a drank song that is sexy ! keep it up !

T-Pain, by Lil Luch [2007-05-22 17:04:18]

wats poppen T-pain im your #1 fan lil Luch W/B !

T-Pain, by sponge bob’s [2007-04-20 14:18:09]

hey t-pain i love your music speshaly im in love with a striper u no but keep doing your thang o i want u to com to my birthday party it’s june 12th im in riverhead new york k my name is dominique k i holla atu later k ????