Nappy Boy Entertainment

Nappy Boy Entertainment
Founded	2005;20 years ago (2005)
Founder	T-Pain
Distributor(s)	Empire Distribution
Genre	R&B and hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Official website	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 current roster of artists includes NandoSTL, 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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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^{[ citation needed ]}
• NandoSTL

Former artists

• Jay Lyriq
• Sophia Fresh
• One Chance
• Shay Mooney
• Tay Dizm
• Travie McCoy (Nappy Boy/Decaydance/Atlantic)
• Shawnna
• Field Mob
• 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

Albums released on Nappy Boy Entertainment label

Year	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: Freaknik: The Musical
• 2010: T-Pain: Russian Roulette - Road to Revolver

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Patterson, Katie. T-Pain: Hard&B's Rappa Ternt Sanga Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine , VIBE . Published April 3, 2006. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
2. T-Pain Calls Out Copycats, Plans Going Fully Digital Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine , HipHopDX.com. Published May 21, 2008.
3. T-Pain Busy With Production, Label, Touring, Billboard . Published 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
4. "Premiere: T-Pain Featuring Waka Flocka Flame, Rich Homie Quan & Young Cash "F*ck 'Em" - XXL".
5. "How Piao Huang Found a Career as an Artist Without Looking for It | Berklee".
6. "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. "Freeload: Sophia Fresh f. T-Pain and Cee-Lo, "Super Bad"". The FADER. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
8. T-Pain's Favorite Girls & Kanye's New Crooner Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine , SOHH . Published November 5, 2008.
9. "Freeload: T-Pain + Tha Bizness = T-Wizness". The FADER. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

External links

• Official website