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T-Pain
Born in Tallahassee, Florida, on September 30, 1984, T-Pain (real name Faheem
Najm) started out with Florida rap collective Nappy Headz before Akon discovered
T-Pain's cover of his hit single "Locked Up" and signed him to his label Konvict
Muzik. He became renowned for pioneering the use of the auto-tune effect,
turning his voice into a robotic, digital sound and scoring the 2005 hits "I'm
Sprung" and "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)", and the technique would sweep the
world of hip hop with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne all using it. Single
"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)" and...
