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姓 名:Flo Rida弗洛·里达
别 名:Tramar Dillard
国 籍:美国
星 座:处女座
出 生 地:美国弗洛里达卡罗尔市
出生日期:1979-09-17
职 业:歌手
经纪公司:Poe Boy Entertainment
艺人资料
2006年,加入大西洋唱片的旗下Poe Boy Entertainment。同年参与Rick Ross专辑《Speedin》 (《We the Best"》Remix)发声。
2007年12月28日,弗洛·里达与T-Pain合作歌曲《Low》登上了公告牌冠军,最终当了10周冠军。
2008年3月7日,弗洛·里达发行第一张专辑《Mail On Sunday》。而《Low》成为了2008年的公告牌年终榜冠军。
2009年2月9日,弗洛·里达凭借《Low》被格莱美提名“最佳说唱组合”。同年3月31日,弗洛·里达第二张个人专辑《R.O.O.T.S.》发行,主打歌《Right Round》在发行的首周创下63.6万次的数位销量记录。(2015年,该记录被阿黛尔的《Hello》打破
2010年1月31日,凭借专辑《R.O.O.T.S.》被格莱美音乐奖提名“最佳说唱专辑”。同年11月14日,弗洛·里达发行第三张个人专辑《Only One Flo (Part 1)》,其中《Club Can't Handle Me》作为街舞电影《舞出我人生3》的主题曲。
2012年6月22日,发行专辑《Wild Ones》 。同年8月,单曲《Whistle》于登上Billboard单曲榜首位。
2013年2月10日,凭借与希亚合作的单曲《Wild Ones》获得第55届格莱美“最佳说唱合作奖”提名。
2015年4月8日,Flo Rida发表EP《My House》,其中的单曲《G.D.F.R.》最高排到了公告牌百强榜的九名。同年10月,作为嘉宾在风暴电音节表演。
2016年2月9日,单曲《My House》在美国美国iTunes下载榜登顶。该首歌还在公告牌百强单曲榜获得了第四的成绩。3月27日,公告牌单曲榜,Flo Rida的新单曲《G.D.F.R.》排名Top 10。5月,他与Arianna合作发行单曲“Who Did You Love”。
Life and career
1979–2006: Early life and career beginnings
Flo Rida was born and named Tramar Lacel Dillard in Carol City, Florida, on September 16, 1979.His parents raised him and his seven sisters together, some of whom sang in a local gospel group.His brother-in-law was a hype man for local rap group 2 Live Crew, and while in ninth grade, Flo Rida joined an amateur rap group called the GroundHoggz.The GroundHoggz had been a three-man group, with members who lived in the same apartment complex as Flo Rida. They started recording at underground studios in Carver Ranches.The GroundHoggz, in this four-man incarnation, remained together for eight years.
Flo Rida's work with 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice, attracted the attention of DeVante Swing, a member of the band Jodeci. However, he was rejected by several of the major labels, so he sought many other jobs outside of music.He returned to Florida to continue pursuing his music career after receiving a phone call from a representative of the independent label Poe Boy Entertainment.
Flo Rida signed with Hot Boyz, in 2000 and with Poe Boy, in 2004 and began affiliating himself for Cash Money with other Southern hip hop artists, such as Rick Ross, Trina, T-Pain, and Trick Daddy. A promotional single entitled "Birthday", featuring Rick Ross, was his first significant release. He made his debut guest appearance with the song "Bitch I'm From Dade County" on DJ Khaled's album We the Best (2007), which also features Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Brisco, C-Ride, and Dre.
2007–2008: Mail on Sunday
Flo Rida's debut album, Mail on Sunday, was released in March 2008. The first single was "Low", featuring T-Pain, which was also included in the soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2: The Streets. "Low" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart."Elevator", featuring Timbaland, "In the Ayer" featuring will.i.am, and "Roll" featuring Sean Kingston followed, and both charted on the Hot 100 and other charts.
Other than T-Pain, there were many featured guests throughout Mail on Sunday. Timbaland, who produced the second single "Elevator", is also featured on the track. Rick Ross, and Trey Songz made appearances as well.
"Money Right", featuring Brisco and Rick Ross, was scheduled to be the fourth single, but this was canceled due to the upcoming release of Flo Rida's second studio album, R.O.O.T.S. His second collaboration with T-Pain, "I Bet", as well as his collaboration with Trina, named "Bout It", both did not make the final tracklist, but were recorded.
2009–2010: R.O.O.T.S.
Flo Rida began recording his second album, R.O.O.T.S., 9 months after Mail On Sunday. The album was released on March 31, 2009. The first single, "Right Round" featuring Ke$ha, was released for airplay in January 2009. "Right Round" jumped from number 58 to the top spot in one week in late February. The second official single was "Sugar", which featured R&B singer Wynter Gordon. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Jump", featuring singer Nelly Furtado, was the third official single and was released on July 27, 2009 in the UK, and July 28, 2009 worldwide. R.O.O.T.S. debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 55,000 copies in its first week.
2010–2011: Only One Flo (Part 1)
Flo Rida's third album Only One Flo (Part 1) was released on November 24, 2010. In March 2010, Flo Rida announced on Twitter that the album would be titled The Only One. Billboard reported that The Only One was to be a double album. A promo single, titled "Zoosk Girl", which features T-Pain, was released on the internet, though the song is not featured on the album, the single does have its own music video. On June 28, 2010, Flo Rida released the song "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta, which was stated to be the official first single for the album. The song was also featured in the Step Up 3D soundtrack.
In December 2010, Flo Rida created his own label, International Music Group, inspired by Nicki Minaj's signing with Lil Wayne's. He has signed an 18-year-old rapper, Brianna and Git Fresh to International.
2011–2013: Wild Ones
Flo Rida's fourth album, Wild Ones (originally titled Only One Rida (Part 2)) was released in July 2012. Its debut single was "Good Feeling", released on August 29, 2011. The song samples "Levels" by Avicii, which in turn samples Etta James' 1962 song, "Something's Got a Hold on Me". Following the death of Etta James on January 20, 2012, Flo Rida dedicated the song in her memory.The next two singles from the album were the title track, "Wild Ones", released in December 2011, and "Whistle", released April 2012. "Wild Ones" reached #1 in various countries, and hit #5 in the US, while "Whistle" reached #1 in 20 countries, including the United States.
On April 1, 2012, Flo Rida appeared at WWE's WrestleMania XXVIII in a segment with Heath Slater, Curt Hawkins, and Tyler Reks, in which Slater called Flo Rida "Florida" and the rapper shoved him into a wall. Later that night, he performed "Wild Ones" and "Good Feeling" before Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson came out for his match against John Cena.An exclusive Australian EP entitled Good Feeling was released in Australia on April 6, which contains six of his biggest hits and two remixes.
On September 13, Flo Rida performed his new single "I Cry" on America's Got Talent.On December 9, he performed "Let it Roll" and "Wild Ones" at the 2012 edition of WWE's Tribute to the Troops. In November 2012, he collaborated with Olly Murs for his song "Troublemaker".
In June 2013, Flo Rida collaborated with Marc Mysterio on the song "Booty on the Floor" to benefit the families and victims of the Boston Marathon bombing via One Fund Boston.
2014–present: My House and The Perfect 10
On September 29, 2014 (October 21 in the U.S) Flo Rida released the lead single from his EP My House (2015) titled "G.D.F.R." featuring Sage the Gemini. The song became his tenth top 10 hit in the United States. The title track My House was later released as a single and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2016, his biggest hit since 2012's "Whistle". It also peaked at number #1 in the United States.
On November 14, 2014, Canadian rock band Nickelback released their 8th studio album No Fixed Address, which featured Flo Rida providing guest vocals on the track "Got Me Runnin' Round".
On December 4, 2015, Flo Rida released the non-album single "Dirty Mind" featuring Sam Martin on his official YouTube channel.
On February 26, 2016, Flo Rida released "Hello Friday" featuring Jason Derulo, which serves as the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album The Perfect 10. It has peaked at number 79 so far.
On March 24, 2016, Flo Rida released "Who's With Me", which will appear on The Perfect 10 later this year.
On May 20, 2016, Flo Rida released "Who Did You Love" featuring Arianna, which may also appear on The Perfect 10 too.