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
