Nappy Boy Entertainment Explained

Nappy Boy Entertainment
Founder:	T-Pain
Distributor:	Empire Distribution
Genre:	R&B and hip hop
Country:	United States
Location:	Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Url:	Nappy Boy Entertainment official website

Nappy Boy is an American record label founded by R&B and hip hop artist T-Pain.^[1] The label was distributed by RCA Records, formerly by Jive Label Group & currently by Empire Distribution. The label's roster of artists includes Gym Class Heroes front man Travie McCoy, Young Cash and Chayo Nash.

In May 2008, T-Pain announced that he would like to turn Nappy Boy Entertainment into a new business venture which would turn his company digital, by releasing albums and songs online via iTunes. The new venture, Nappy Boy Digital, focuses on albums and songs released as downloads and ringtones, with few physical releases.^{[2] [3]}

Featured in the Nappy Boy logo is the Florida State Capitol representing Tallahassee, Florida, where T-Pain was born.

Artists

• T-Pain (Nappy Boy/RCA Records)
• Young Cash ^[4]
• Chayo Nash
• NandoSTL

Former artists

• Jay Lyriq
• Sophia Fresh
• One Chance
• Shay Mooney
• Tay Dizm
• Travie McCoy (Nappy Boy/Decaydance/Atlantic)
• Shawnna
• Field Mob
• Brandon Watson
• Profit Dinero
• Piao ^[5]
• SprngBrk (Formerly known as "A1" and "A1 Bentley") ^[6]

Producers

• L.a Chase
• Young Fyre
• Bishop Jones
• BlackPlay

Albums released on label

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Artist	Title	Album information	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Sales
US			US R&B	UK R&B	UK
2007	T-Pain	Epiphany	Released: June 5, 2007 Singles: "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')", "Bartender", "Church"	1	1	-	-	US Gold	US: 830,000
2008	T-Pain	Thr33 Ringz	Released: November 11, 2008 Singles: "Can't Believe It", "Chopped 'n' Skrewed", "Freeze"	4	1	-	-	US Gold	US: 700,000
2010	Travie McCoy	Lazarus	Released: June 8, 2010 Singles: "Billionaire", "Need You", "We'll Be Alright"	25	-	11	27	US Gold	US: 74,000
2011	T-Pain	Revolver	Released: December 6, 2011 Singles: "Best Love Song", "5 O'Clock", "Bang Bang Pow Pow"	28	7			US -	US: 130,000

Singles

T-Pain

• 2008: T-Pain – "Can't Believe It" (feat. Lil Wayne)
• 2008: T-Pain – "Chopped & Skrewed" (feat. Ludacris)
• 2008: T-Pain – "Freeze" (feat. Chris Brown)
• 2009: T-Pain – "Take Your Shirt Off"
• 2010: T-Pain – "Reverse Cowgirl"
• 2010: T-Pain - "Rap Song" (feat. Rick Ross)
• 2011: T-Pain - "Best Love Song" (feat. Chris Brown)
• 2011: T-Pain - "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)" (feat. Young Ca$h)
• 2011: T-Pain - "5 O'Clock" (feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen)

Tay Dizm

• 2008: Tay Dizm – "Beam Me Up" (feat. T-Pain & Rick Ross)
• 2009: Tay Dizm – "Dreamgirl" (feat. Akon)
• 2009: Tay Dizm – "Nothing But the Truth" (feat. Young Cash & Piccalo)

Young Cash

• 2009: Young Cash – "I'm a Hustla"

Travie McCoy

• 2010: Travis McCoy – "Billionaire" (feat. Bruno Mars)

One Chance

• 2011: One Chance - "Sexin' on You"

Sophia Fresh

• 2008: Sophia Fresh – "Superbad" (feat. T-Pain & Cee-Lo Green)^[7]
• 2008: Sophia Fresh – "What It Is" (feat. Kanye West)^[8]
• 2009: Sophia Fresh – "It's So Easy" (feat. T-Pain)^[9]
• 2009: Sophia Fresh – "Do the Dance"

Ahmed Belvin

• 2009: A.B. – "Trophy Girl" (feat. T-Pain)

EPs

• 2010: T-Pain - Freaknik: The Musical (Soundtrack) - EP

Other media

• 2010:
• 2010: T-Pain: Russian Roulette - Road to Revolver

See also

• List of record labels

Notes and References

1. Patterson, Katie. T-Pain: Hard&B's Rappa Ternt Sanga, VIBE. Published April 3, 2006. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
2. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7036/title.t-pain-calls-out-copycats-plans-going-fully-digital T-Pain Calls Out Copycats, Plans Going Fully Digital
3. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047899/t-pain-busy-with-production-label-touring T-Pain Busy With Production, Label, Touring
4. Web site: Premiere: T-Pain Featuring Waka Flocka Flame, Rich Homie Quan & Young Cash "F*ck 'Em" - XXL.
5. Web site: How Piao Huang Found a Career as an Artist Without Looking for It | Berklee.
6. Web site: Nappy Boy Entertainment on Instagram: "It's official ‼️ Welcome @SPRNGBRK to the #NappyBoy fam. Stay tuned we makin HITstory with this one #nappyboyent #tpain #SPRNGBRK" .
7. News: Freeload: Sophia Fresh f. T-Pain and Cee-Lo, "Super Bad". The FADER. 2017-11-05. en.
8. http://blogs.sohh.com/soul/2008/11/beyonce_springs_a_leak_eric_be.html T-Pain's Favorite Girls & Kanye's New Crooner
9. News: Freeload: T-Pain + Tha Bizness = T-Wizness. The FADER. 2017-11-06. en.