Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1985), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. He began his career as a rapper in the group Nappy Headz. In 2005, he became a singer and released his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga which had singles like “Striper” on it. Throughout his career as a singer, T-Pain has extensively used the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect, which has laid him critics from some artists and producers.
Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1985), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. He began his career as a rapper in the group Nappy Headz.
In 2005, he became a singer and released his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga which had singles like "Striper” on it. Throughout his career as a singer, T-Pain has extensively used the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect, which has laid him critics from some artists and producers.
Since the release of his debut album, T-Pain has produced numerous hits of his own and for other rappers and R&B singers. In 2008, he won a Grammy with rapper Kanye West for the single "Good Life”. In 2010, he won another Grammy with Jamie Foxx for the single "Blame It”. T-Pain is also the founder of the record label Nappy Boy Entertainment, established in 2005.
He features R&B icon, Chris Brown, in his latest single, "Best Love Song”; lyrics below:
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