His real name is Faheem Rasheed Najm, better known by his celebrated name T-Pain or Teddy Penderazdoun. T-Pain first came to the limelight in 2005 after releasing his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga, which climbed to number one on the US Billboard 200. Throughout his career as a singer, he is widely famous for using and popularizing the creative use of Auto-Tune. T-Pain rose to fame when he dropped his second studio album, Epiphany, which earned him a lot of success as well as making his debut at the top place on the US Billboard 200 charts. He released hit singles like I’m Sprung, I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper), Bartender, and Buy U a Drank. His commercially successful music helped him to grab the attention of legendary artists with whom he collaborated including Kanye West, Akon, Chris Brown, and Rick Ross, among others. So in this post, we are going to talk about the total net worth of T-Pain his salary, income sources, career, biography, lifestyle, and much more.
Net Worth 2022:
Early Life:
T-Pain was born Faheem Rasheed Najm on the 30th of September 1985 and was raised in Tallahassee, Florida. His stage name T-Pain is a short form of Tallahassee Pain, which he claims signifies the difficulties he has experienced while living there. Najm was raised in a Muslim family where he expressed his lack of interest in the idea of religion. He developed an interest in music by the age of just 3 years old when his family friend Ben Tankard, allowed him to spend his free time in his music studio. Ben Tankard is a well-known artist and music producer in the country. While growing up he took his passion more seriously and turned his bedroom into a music studio at the age of 10. He had a four-track recorder, a keyboard, as well as a beat machine to record his own lyrics.
Career:
In 2004 T-Pain entered the rap group called Nappy Headz and began his professional career as a performer in the group. As being a member of Nappy Headz he released the song “I’m Fucked Up” which a cover version of Akon’s hit track Locked Up. He quickly grabbed the attention of Akon who heard his music and sent him an offer to sign a deal with him to the Jive-supported Konvict Muzik label. On the 6th of December 2005, T-Pain released his debut album called Rappa Ternt Sanga which hit several charts by reaching number 33 on the Billboard 200 as well as receiving a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. On top of that, the album has managed to sell more than 500,000 units and included various hit singles. “I’m Sprung” came up as the lead single from the album which also hit the charts including #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. At the end of 2005 the album’s second single “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper) ft Mike Jones was released, peaking at #5 on the Hot 100. On June 5, 2007, T-Pain dropped his second studio album Epiphany which became the breakthrough moment of his career. The album hit the US R&B charts by reaching #1 on the Billboard 200 as well as selling over 171,000 records in its first week of release. The project’s lead single “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’) with Yung Joc, became his first song to top charts by peaking at #1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the Hot 100. T-Pain also collaborated with Akon to release the album’s second single Bartender which also found massive success peaking at #5 on the Hot 100. T-Pain also made his featuring appearances in numerous tracks for other artists including R. Kelly and T.I.’s “I’m a Flirt”, Bow Wow’s “Outta My System”, Fabolous’ “Baby Don’t Go”, DJ Khaled’s “I’m So Hood”, Plies’ “Shawty”, Flo Rida’s “Low”, Chris Brown’s “Kiss Kiss”, and Kanye West’s single “Good Life”. His work for Kanye West’s track “Good Life” led him to win the BET Award in the category of Best Collaboration. Then in 2008, the track won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rap Song. In 2007 T-Pain founded his own record label called Nappy Boy Entertainment and started recording his third studio album with Lil Wayne, Akon, as well as Rocco Valdes. In late 2008 he dropped his 3rd album titled Three Ringz which claimed #4 on the Billboard 200 and sold 168k records in its first week. The album features three hit singles including “Can’t Believe It” with Lil Wayne, “Chopped ‘N’ Skrewed” with rapper Ludacris, and “Freeze” featuring Chris Brown. The singles reached number 7, number 27, and number 38 on the Hot 100 respectively. Three Ringz also included appearances from artists such as DJ Khaled, Ciara, Chris Brown, Kanye West, T.I., Lil Wayne, and Ludacris. In early 2010 he dropped the mixtape T-Pain Presents Nappy Boy All-Stars Vol.1, which included remixes of tracks such as Drake’s Forever. T-Pain’s fourth studio album rEVOLVEr was released in December 2011 and reached number 7 on the US R&B chart. On May 18, 2018, T-Pain and Lil Wayne released their collaborative mixtape T-Wayne which contains 8 singles recorded in 2009 and described as “lost demos”. In 2017 he came up with release of his fifth studio album Oblivion followed by his sixth album 1UP released in 2019. That same year he launched his app called I Am T-Pain along with app creator Smule. This app allows people to utilize his style of Auto-Tune in karaoke. T-Pain was also featured in Pitbull’s single Hey Baby and Jamie Foxx’s Blame It which led him to become a two-time Grammy Award winner. On March 14, 2019, T-Pain appear at the iHeartRadio Music Awards which he hosted. Apart from music, T-Pain also made his theatrical film debut in the 2010s comedy movie titled Lottery Ticket in which he played the role of Junior a liquor store employee. He also appeared as himself in the 2015 Furious 7. In 2019 T-Pain got a chance to appear in the 1st season of the American version of a reality singing competition series The Masked Singer which he won the season dressed as the Monster. In this season he sang songs including This Is How We Do It, I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, Stay With Me, American Woman, Don’t Stop Me Now, and I Don’t Want to Be.
Assets:
T-Pain has been able to buy a luxurious property and he is living an expensive lifestyle with his kids and wife. In 2007 he paid 1.32 million dollars for a house which is located in one of the posh areas of Winfield on the River gated subdivision in Duluth, Georgia. In early 2007 T-Pain found himself involved in a golf cart accident. It was due to a shoot of the music video for Lil’ Kim’s song “Download.” The rapper suffered many cuts including losing 4 teeth and bruises from the accident. Two days after this incident he was back on the stage for his performance.
Biography:
It was revealed that he lost a house in Palm Beach County, in 2009 to foreclosure. The band named Deutsche blamed T-Pain failed to make the mortgage payments in 2016. Bank also claimed T-Pain owed $83,061.86 on the note, including fortune. For the property, he initially took out an $85,800 loan in 2007.
Cars:
T-Pain is known for his luxurious lifestyle, he owns several expensive cars including Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé, Ford Taurus, Dodge Challenger, Scion xB, Mini Cooper, Gucci Fiat 500, Chevrolet Impala, a supercar Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Gallardo, Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari 458 Italia.
T-Pain Net Worth:
As of 2022 T-Pain Net Worth is estimated to be around $10 million. He is one of the highest-paid rappers in the music industry and gained a lot of popularity throughout his successful career. He accumulated a lot of wealth from his passion for being a rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He came to the spotlight after releasing his 2nd studio album Epiphany which hit several charts. His hit singles earned a lot of recognition like I’m Sprung, Bartender, I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper), and Buy U a Drank. T-Pain also teamed up with many high-profile rappers such as Akon, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, and Kanye West. The main source of his revenue comes from album sales, live concerts, streaming platforms, and his collaborations with other artists. He is also making a good sum from brand endorsements like he has done promotion work for Toshiba, and Firefly Music Festival, among others. T-Pain is earning $4 million annually. He also has a YouTube channel where he garnered almost 2.7 million subscribers. Young Thug’s Net Worth PlayBoi Carti’s Net Worth
