Faheem Najm (born June 30, 1985 in Tallahassee, Florida) known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American hip hop and R&B singer. Faheem was born in Tallahassee to entrepreneur Muslim parents, Shasheem Najm and Aliyah Najm. He has two brothers, Hasheem Najm and Hakim Najm,and two sisters, A'pril Najm and KeKe Najm. At the age of ten, Faheem reworked his bedroom into a small studio with a keyboard, beat machine and four track recorder, and began composing music. Faheem later graduated from James S. Rickards High School. Prior to becoming a solo singer, Faheem was part of the Tallahassee rap group Nappy Headz. They had mild success with local hits such as "Cotti" and "FLA BOYZ". This allowed T-Pain to jumpstart his career as a solo artist. In 2002, he founded his own label, Hard & B. and soon caught the spotlight as a solo artist when his song "Fucked Up", a reworked version of Akon's "Locked Up", gained popularity in the region. Akon noticed the song and signed T-Pain to his...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article T-Pain. You should replace/update it...