ʻO T-Pain he mea hoʻokani mele ʻAmelika, mea mele, haku mele, a me ka mea hana i kaulana loa no kāna mau album e like me Epiphany a me RevolveR. Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Tallahassee, Florida.
Ua hōʻike ʻo T-Pain i ka hoihoi i ke mele i kona wā kamaliʻi. Ua hoʻolauna mua ʻia ʻo ia i ke mele maoli i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kekahi o kona mau hoa ʻohana e lawe iā ia i kāna studio. I ka makahiki 10, ua hoʻololi ʻo T-Pain i kona lumi moe i kekona.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i ka hui rap "Nappy Headz" i hōʻike ʻia he mea nui loa iā ia, ʻoiai ua pili ʻo ia me Akon ma o ka hui. Hāʻawi ʻo Akon iā ia i kahi kuʻikahi me kāna inoa inoa ʻo Konvict Muzik. I Kekemapa 2005, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo T-Pain i kāna album mua, ʻo Rappa Ternt Sanga, kahi lanakila nui.
Ua ho'opa'a 'ia ka lua album o ka mea mele "Epiphany" i ka makahiki 2007 a ua 'oi aku ka lanakila. Ua hōʻea ʻo ia i ka helu ʻekahi ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā mea pena kiʻi liʻiliʻi nui e like me Kanye West, Flo Rida, a me Lil Wayne a lilo ʻo ia i hoʻokahi o nā rappers kaulana loa i ka ʻoihana, e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā album lanakila he nui. I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna inoa ponoʻī, ʻo Nappy Boy Entertainment.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
ʻO Fahim Rashid Najim ka inoa maoli o T-Pain, hānau ʻia ʻo Kepakemapa 30, 1985 ma Tallahassee, Florida, iā Alia Najm lāua ʻo Shashim Najm. ʻOiai ua ulu ʻo ia i loko o kahi ʻohana Muslim maoli, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻomana i kona wā ʻōpio. ʻElua ona kaikuaʻana, ʻo Hakim lāua ʻo Zakia, a he kaikaina ʻo ʻApelila.
ʻOiai ua hoihoi ʻo T-Pain i nā mele mai kona wā kamaliʻi, ua ulu ʻo ia i loko o kahi ʻohana me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka loaʻa kālā. ʻAʻole hiki i kona mau mākua ke hāʻawi i kahi hoʻonaʻauao mele maikaʻi nona. Ua loaʻa i kona makuakāne kahi kīpē ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui a hāʻawi iā Payne. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike ʻo Payne i ka hoihoi nui i ka hana mele ma mua o kēia hanana.
Loaʻa kekahi hapa o ka hōʻaiʻē i kekahi o kona mau hoaaloha ʻohana nona kahi keena mele ma ia wahi. I kona manawa he 3 mau makahiki, he mea maʻamau ʻo Payne ma ke keena. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o kona hoihoi i ka mele rap.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna mau hoʻokolohua me ke mele i ka 10 mau makahiki. I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻololi ʻo Payne i kona lumi moe i hale keena mele liʻiliʻi me kahi kīpē, mīkini puʻupuʻu, a me ka leo leo mele ʻehā.
I kona puka 'ana mai ke kula ki'eki'e, ua lilo 'o ia i mea ho'okani pila. Ua hoʻomaka ka holomua o kāna ʻoihana ma 2004 i ka makahiki 19.
Hana T-Pain
Ma 2004, hui pū ʻo T-Pain i kahi hui rap i kapa ʻia ʻo "Nappy Headz" a loaʻa i ka kūleʻa ma ka uhi ʻana i kā Akon hit "Locked Up". Pīhoihoi ʻo Akon a hāʻawi iā Peng i kahi kuʻikahi me kāna inoa ʻo Konvict Muzik.
Eia naʻe, ua kaulana ʻo Payne i kēia mele me nā lepili leo ʻē aʻe. Ua hāʻawi koke ʻia ʻo ia i nā ʻaelike waiwai he nui. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Akon iā Pain i ka wā e hiki mai ana a lilo ʻo ia i kumu aʻoaʻo nona.
Ma lalo o kahi lepili moʻolelo hou, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo T-Pain i ka "I Sprung" hoʻokahi i ʻAukake 2005. He kūleʻa koke ka mea hoʻokahi a piʻi i ka helu 8 ma ka papa mele mele Billboard 100. Ua kiʻekiʻe hoʻi ma ka helu ʻekahi ma ka pakuhi ʻo Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
ʻO kāna album mua a lanakila koke ʻo "Rappa Ternt Sanga" i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Dekemaba 2005 a piʻi i ka helu 33 ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i 500 mau ʻāpana a ua hōʻoia ʻia i ke gula e ka Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
I ka makahiki 2006, ua komo ʻo Payne i kahi lepili hou, ʻo Zomba Label Group. Ma ka hui pū ʻana me "Konvict Muzik" a me "Jive Records" ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna album lua "Epiphany". ʻO ka album, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Iune 2007, ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 171 kope. i kona pule mua a ua lanakila ma luna o ka pakuhi Billboard 200. He mau mele mele mai ka album, e like me "Buy a drink" a me "Bartender", ua hiki i ka helu ʻekahi ma nā palapala he nui.
Ma hope o kāna album ʻelua, ua hōʻike ʻia ka mea mele ma nā mele mele ʻē aʻe. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me Kanye West, R Kelly, DJ Khaled a me Chris Brown. Ua lanakila ʻo Kanye West hoʻokahi "Good Life" me T-Pain i kahi Grammy no Best Rap Song ma 2008.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka lepili Nappy Boy Entertainment
I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna inoa ponoʻī, ʻo Nappy Boy Entertainment. Ma lalo o kēia lepili, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album ʻekolu ʻo Thr33 Ringz. Ua hana ʻia ka album me ka hui pū ʻana me nā poʻe paʻakikī e like me Rocco Valdez, Akon a me Lil Wayne.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka album ma Nowemapa 2008 a ua lanakila koke. Ua kiʻekiʻe ma ka helu 4 ma ka Billboard 200. He mau mele mele mai ka album, e like me "I Can't Believe It" a me "Freeze", i hele i ka pakuhi.
I kēia manawa, hoʻokani ʻo Payne i nā mele mele mai nā mele mele ʻē aʻe e like me "Cash Flow" na Ace Hood, "One More Drink" na Ludacris a me "Go Hard" na DJ Khaled. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā hōʻike televise e like me Saturday Night Live a me Jimmy Kimmel Live!, e hoʻokani ana i nā mele mai kāna mau album.
Ma 2008, hui pū ʻo T-Pain me Lil Wayne ma kahi duo i kapa ʻia ʻo "T-Wayne". Ua hoʻokuʻu ka duo i kahi mixtape eponymous i kā lākou ʻoihana hui mua.
I Dekemaba 2011, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Payne i kāna album studio ʻehā, ʻo RevolveR. ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o Payne e hoʻolaha i ka album, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka lanakila nui. Ua hiki wale i ka helu 28 ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200.
T-Pain rapper ma ka hiatus
Ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hiatus 6 makahiki e kākau i kāna album aʻe. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka album "Oblivion" ma 2017. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka mahalo pili, e piʻi ana i ka helu 155 ma ka Billboard 200.
ʻO kāna album hou loa a hiki i kēia lā, ʻo 1Up, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke ʻano o ka kūleʻa a hiki i ka #115 ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200. I kēia Nowemapa i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka ʻoliʻoli hedonistic hiʻona-lōʻihi Oblivion ma RCA me nā hana mai Ty Dolla $ign, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo a me Wale. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i nā mixtapes me ʻelua mau puke o Everything Must Go.
Ua hoʻi ka Maestro o Auto-Tune i 2019 me kāna ʻeono piha piha 1Up, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i ka "Getcha Roll On" me Tori Lanez. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e like me "Lottery ticket", "Good hair" a me "Visual reality".
ʻO ka ʻohana a me ke ola pilikino
I ka makahiki 2003, ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i mea rapper kūleʻa, ua mare ʻo T-Pain i kāna hoaaloha lōʻihi ʻo Amber Najim. He ʻekolu keiki a lāua: ʻo ke kaikamahine ʻo Lyric Najim (b. 2004) a me nā keikikāne ʻo Music Najim (b. 2007) a me Cadenz Koda Najim (b. Mei 9, 2009).
I ʻApelila 2013, ua ʻoki ʻo T-Pain i kāna mau dreadlocks. Ua alo ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa he nui mai kāna mau mea pā i ka hoʻoholo. Ua pane ʻo ia e aʻo nā kānaka a pau i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ko lākou kaiapuni.
E like me nā mea pena, ʻaʻole ʻo ia he ʻānela a ua hālāwai pū me nā mākaʻi. I Iune 2007, ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia e Leon County, Tallahassee no ke kaʻa ʻana me ka laikini hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia ma hope o 3 mau hola.
