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T-Pain
Still young and under 30 is T-Pain, a young rapper, producer, singer and songwriter who managed to gain fame and money with his talent.
Discovered and signed by Akon, after making a cover version over one of Akon’s songs, T-Pain started to discover what really means to be a singer and rapper, stating that he has to be himself rather than follow someones direction.
After 4 big break albums, the creation of his own label, features in so many songs and videos that he was more than once present in a top 10 chart, T-Pain also know as Faheem Rashad Najm, by his real name, got his stage name after his birth place town Tallahassee where he had a rough time.
Estimated with a net worth of $35 million, T-Pain had collaborations with some of the best names in the hip hop and rap industry like B.o.B, Wiz Khalifa, Akon, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross.