Celebrity Central: T-Pain

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.