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T-Pain
One of the few Muslim rappers, 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 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
second album Epiphany (2007) both ...
