Flo Rida's Biography

Birth name -
Tramar Dillard
Also Known As -
Flo Rida
Born -
December 16, 1979 (age 29)
Origin -
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genre(s) -
Hip hop, pop
Years active -
2006–present
Label(s) -
Poe Boy / Atlantic
Occupation(s) -
Rapper
Website:
Flo Rida
Biography -
Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (pronounced /ˌfloʊ ˈraɪdə/, from Florida), is an American rapper. As a teenager, he toured with local rap group 2 Live Crew Later, he appeared in numerous popular rap mixtapes and studio albums, most notably in We the Best in 2006. Mail on Sunday was Flo Rida's solo debut album; its first single "Low", featuring T-Pain which was a #1 hit for ten weeks in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. He so far spawned 6 top twenty singles in his career span on the Billboard Hot 100 chart within only 2 years.

Discography
* Mail on Sunday (2008)
* R.O.O.T.S. (2009)

Awards and Nominations

*American Music Awards
o 2008: Breakthrough Performer (Nominated)
o 2008: Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist (Nominated)

*MuchMusic Video Awards
o 2008: Best International Video - Artist "Low" (Nominated)

* BET Awards
o 2008: Best New Artist (Nominated)
o 2008: Best Collaboration: "Low" with T-Pain (Nominated)

* BET Hip Hop Awards
o 2008: Ringtone of the Year: "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)
o 2008: Best Hip Hop Collabo: "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)
o 2008: Rookie of the Year (Nominated)

* Teen Choice Awards
o 2009: Choice Music: Best Hip Hop/Rap Track - Right Round (Nominated)
o 2008: Choice Music: Hook-Up - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)
o 2008: Choice Music: Rap Artist (Nominated)
o 2008: Choice Music: Breakout Artist (Nominated)

* MTV Video Music Awards
o 2009: Best Hip Hop Video - "Right Round" (Nominated)
o 2008: Best Male Video - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)
o 2008: Best Hip Hop Video - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)

* Grammy Awards
o 2009: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)
o 2009: Best Rap Song - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)

* People's Choice Awards
o 2009: Favorite Hip Hop Song - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Won)

* MTV Australia Awards
o 2009: Best Video - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)
o 2009: Best Collaboration - "Running Back" by Jessica Mauboy featuring Flo Rida (Nominated)

* MOBO Awards
o 2009: Best Song - "Low" featuring T-Pain (Nominated)

* Ozone Awards
o 2008: Breakthrough Artist (Nominated)
o 2008: Club Banger of the Year, "Low" with T-Pain (Nominated)

T-pain's Biography

Birth name -
Faheem Najm

Also Known As -
Teddy Pain
Teddy Penderazdoun
Teddy Verseti
Tallahassee Pain
Born -
June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) (age 22)
Origin -
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Genre(s) -
RnB, contemporary R&B, hip hop, C&B, snap music
Years active -
2002 - present
Label(s) -
Konvict Muzik, Jive Records, Nappy Boy Entertainment
Occupation(s) -
Singer, rapper, producer
Website:
T-pain
Biography -
Faheem was born in Tallahassee to entrepreneur Muslim parents, Shasheem Najm and Aliyah Najm. He had two brothers, Hasheem Najm and Hakim Najm,and two sisters, A'pril Najm and KeKe Najm. 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.

Prior to becoming a solo singer, Faheem was part of the Tallahassee rap group Nappy Headz. They had mild success with local hits such as "Cotti" and "FLA BOYZ". This allowed T-Pain to jumpstart his career as a solo artist. In 2002 he founded his own label, Hard & B. and soon caught the spotlight as a solo artist when his song "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. T-Pain released his solo debut single, "I'm Sprung", in August 2005. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released on November 6, 2005, under Konvict Music. Hit singles "I'm Sprung" and "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" 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 $hort. He is featured on E-40's 2006 summer hit single U and Dat along with Kandi Girl, which was produced by Lil Jon.

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. His new single is "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung Joc, which he produced for his upcoming album Epiphany. The video for "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" was released April 9th, and the song went to #1. It contains cameos by Jay-Z, Huey, Shawnna, and E-40.

He has released his second album Epiphany on the 5th of June, 2007, that features "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" and his new hitsingle "Bartender" featuring Akon. This album has sold around 300,000 copies, and T-Pain has lately appeared on hits such as Plies' "Shawty", R.Kelly's "I'm a Flirt", Bow Wow's "Outta My System", Fabolous' "Baby Don't Go and Birdman & Lil' Wayne's "Know What I'm Doin'".

Solo singles
"I'm Sprung"
"I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" (featuring Mike Jones)
Studio Luv"
"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (featuring Yung Joc)
"Bartender" (featuring Akon)
"Church" (featuring Teddy Verseti)
Musical Video..
T-Pain: Bartender