Tallahassee-based MC and vocalist
T-Pain (born Faheem Najm) came up in a rap group called Nappy Headz but went pro as a solo R&B artist after he recorded "I'm F**ked Up", a personal take on Akon's Top Ten hit "Locked Up". Akon heard the track and took
T-Pain under his wing with a contract on his Jive-distributed Kovict Muzik label. Produced and written mostly by
T-Pain,
Rappa Ternt Sanga was released in December 2005, led by the Top 20 single "
I'm Sprung".
Epiphany followed in June 2007.
T-Pain biography by allmusic.com