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How T-Pain Achieved a Net Worth of $35 Million

When it comes to rap music, Ti-Pain is something of a household name. He has an incredible knack to create rhymes and beats that young people and individuals from all walks of life enjoy. This has equipped him with the skills that he needs to be quite a success. This has served him well as he performs in a crowded and saturated industry. It seems that there are many rappers today trying to make headway. It is difficult to get noticed above the rest, but T-Pain has been able to do exactly that. His talent is perceived to be extra special, and this has catapulted him near the top. This has been helped by many factors. He has been privileged to work alongside some of the biggest names in R&B and Hip Hop. These include R Kelly, Flo Rida, and Kalifa, just to name a few. His first album would reach the number one position on the US Billboard 200 charts. The list will go on and on, but this explains how he has been able to achieve a net worth in the range of $35 million. Continue reading to learn more about where he has come from and how he has generated such a massive amount of wealth.

Where It All Began

T-Pain's real name is actually Faheem Rashad Najm. He was born in Florida and was always fond of rap music. You might be wondering where he came up with the stage name of T-Pain. It is actually derived from Tallahassee Pain, which he picked because of the numerous hardships that he would endure while growing up in that part of Florida. He actually was raised in an Islamic family, but from an early age, he openly expressed that the had no interest in the idea of religion. It was at the age of 10 that he would actually turn his bedroom into his own recording studio. At that early age, he began making his own beats. It was that passion for music that would end up serving him well as he entered into adolescence and beyond.

If you really want to get to the root of how he became interested in music, you would have to go back to when T-Pain when was just three years old. That was when a family friend, Ben Tankard, allowed him to twist some knobs at a recording studio. Tankard was a major gospel jazz producer. Using a keyboard in his own room, T-Pain would then begin to create his own music. He also used a beat machine and a four-track recorder that he had been given.

His Early Career

You might say that T-Pain first hit the main stage of the rap scene back in 2004. That is when he became a member of the rap group titled Nappy Headz. He would also produce a cover version of Akon's hit single 'Locked up'. Akon would come across that song in due course and he liked what he heard. It was then that he offered to bring in T-Pain under his own label of Knovic Muzik. T-Pain was actually offered some other deals at the same time, but he went with Akon. For his part, Akon was offering to take T-Pain under his wings and help him to develop a niche in the rap business that would prove to be rather lucrative. Akon ended up living up to his end of the bargain, which is a primary reason why T-Pain has been able to achieve a net worth of $35 million already.

Turning Towards Singing

Ironically, T-Pain was discovered for his rapping, but he quickly turned to singing once he had a record deal. It was his first album titled Rappa Ternt Sanga that debuted back in December of 2005. That album would reach spot 33 on the Billboard 200. Since then, it has been certified Gold due to the fact that is sold in excess of 500,000 albums. Prior to that, T-Pain released the single I'm Spring in August of that same year. It would reach the eighth spot on the Billboard Hot 100. It would also become the number nine song on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop songs chart. He would have another charting topping single released that same year. His career was off and running at the point.

Moving On

When it comes to rap music, Ti-Pain is something of a household name. He has an incredible knack to create rhymes and beats that young people and individuals from all walks of life enjoy. This has equipped him with the skills that he needs to be quite a success. This has served him well as he performs in a crowded and saturated industry. It seems that there are many rappers today trying to make headway. It is difficult to get noticed above the rest, but T-Pain has been able to do exactly that. His talent is perceived to be extra special, and this has catapulted him near the top. This has been helped by many factors. He has been privileged to work alongside some of the biggest names in R&B and Hip Hop. These include R Kelly, Flo Rida, and Kalifa, just to name a few. His first album would reach the number one position on the US Billboard 200 charts. The list will go on and on, but this explains how he has been able to achieve a net worth in the range of $35 million.

Conclusion

T-Pain continues to release one hit after another. He has signed with multiple labels over the years, each one adding yet more wealth to his bank. He most recently participated in the US version of the Masked Singer and won that competition. After that, he released yet another album release. He will also be going on tour to promote that new album, which is sure to generate millions in revenue. He has also branched into the tech business by releasing an iPhone app. He continues to look for new ways to demonstrate his artistic talent, and he has millions of fans to speak to on a daily basis.

Allen Lee

Written by Allen Lee

Allen Lee is a Toronto-based freelance writer who studied business in school but has since turned to other pursuits. He spends more time than is perhaps wise with his eyes fixed on a screen either reading history books, keeping up with international news, or playing the latest releases on the Steam platform, which serve as the subject matter for much of his writing output. Currently, Lee is practicing the smidgen of Chinese that he picked up while visiting the Chinese mainland in hopes of someday being able to read certain historical texts in their original language.

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