He still remembers the little boy holding drumsticks in his small hands. At age 12, Faheem eagerly wanted to work with older folks in the neighborhood of Ridge Road who were making music. The boy was turned down much of the time.
Najm remembered his son came home in tears one day and said, "I got all this music in me. Of his five children, Najm said T-Pain was the only one who didn't get piano lessons, yet he was the only one to master the instrument. Najm decided to pull his son out of Nims Middle School at age 13 and home-school him so the boy could focus on making music. Many questioned his actions. That didn't matter. Najm said he refused to let others steer him from the path his son so deeply wanted.
Najm, who has five children and 22 grandchildren, was heartbroken when he saw boys in his neighborhood growing up fatherless. So in , he created the Homeboyz to Men program, a grass-roots, rites-of-passage effort to reach teenage boys in need of a father figure. And he tried to show each boy in the program, including T-Pain, the traits he felt every man should live by: honesty, integrity, humility, courage and patience.
He took young men off the streets," Johnson said. Johnson, now a year-old father, said he didn't have a relationship with his biological dad until he was 25 years old.
Johnson is not alone. More than 25 million children live apart from their biological fathers, according to the National Fatherhood Initiative — representing 1 out of every 3 children in America. He chose the stage name Tallahassee T Pain to depict what childhood was life for him.
He made his debut with the album Rappa Ternt Sanga that was released in and as a singer, he is known for his auto-tune signature effects on his voice sounds but this has not stopped him from becoming a multiple-time Grammy award winning rapper. Read on as we take you into the personal life of this famous hip-hop artist.
Shasheem would have been one of the best fathers anyone could wish for but his son later discovered he had been hooked on cocaine for years.
Their relationship has grown sour over the years and both father and son are still not on talking terms till date. Aliyah is the pretty mother to the rap singer.
She was married to Shasheem for 27 years until they split in He met Amber in and both sweethearts say it was love for them at first sight. In January Mrs. Najm got engaged to her long-term boyfriend. Previously, she was married to Shaheed Najm. Their marriage ended in after 27 years together. They maintain an amicable relationship. They maintain warm relationships, which are typical for siblings, who have lots in common, including their interest in music.
Hakim lives Fairburn, Georgia now, but he was born in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a James S. Rickards High School graduate. The man serves as a manager at the Nappy Boy Entertainment recording label, launched by his famous brother. She got married. She is married and is the mother of a daughter and a son. Keke King is the hairdresser and stylist. Like his brothers, Rasheed lived in Atlanta, Georgia.
He spends a lot of time with T-Pain and visited his concert shows quite often. He was closely knitted with his mom, too. He was a musician, too. He had a kidney disease and was on dialysis during long 10 years. Then he was put on a transplant list. He passed away in February , and the reason for his death was not a kidney disorder, as many people can think, but a brain aneurysm. She is the youngest daughter of Aliyah and Shasheem. But she appears on photos, which her siblings post, from time to time.
Faheem Rashad Najm is a famous entertainer, widely known under the name T-Pain, who developed and reshaped the hip hop sound. His gift was awarded with two Grammys. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida in the family of a singer and teacher Shaheed Najm and his wife Aliyah. He has four siblings. Although his father made all his kids take music lessons, Faheem was the only of his sons, who showed great interest in music and the ability not just to play, but also to create it.
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