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Flo Rida Biography:

Tramar Dillard was born in the 187th Street projects of Carol City, Florida. His single mother raised him as well as his seven sisters, some of whom sang in a local gospel group. Dillard’s brother-in-law was a hypeman for local rap group 2 Live Crew, not to mention Dillard formed his own amateur group with some buddies called the Groundhoggz. His efforts with 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice captivated attention of DeVante Swing, a member of the band Jodeci. Unfortunately, he was declined by a number of of the major labels, so he searched for many other jobs outside of music. After graduating from high school in 1998, he learned international business management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for two years and also went to Barry University for two months. He went back to Florida to keep on pursuing his music career after getting a phone call from a company representative of the independent label Poe Boy Entertainment. Dillard signed with Poe Boy in 2006, and therefore as Flo Rida he began affiliating with other Florida rappers, such as Rick Ross, Trina, T-Pain, as well as Trick Daddy. A promo street single entitled “Birthday”, featuring Rick Ross, was his very first substantial release. He made his debut guest appearance with the track “Bitch I’m from Dade County” on DJ Khaled’s record We the Best, which featured Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Brisco, C-Ride, along with Dre.

Flo Rida obtained globally acclaim and recognition with the chart-topping achievement of his very first single, “Low”, featuring T-Pain. It was his very first official single from his debut record Mail On Sunday as well as the soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2 The Streets. Flo Rida lyrics on “Low” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Elevator”, featuring Timbaland, “In the Ayer” featuring Will.I.Am, and “Roll” featuring Sean Kingston followed and all charted on the Hot 100 as well as other charts.

Following the achievement of Mail on Sunday, Flo Rida made guest performances on other R&B, rap, and pop singles, including “Move Shake Drop” by DJ Laz, “We Break the Dawn” by Michelle Williams, the remix of “4 Minutes” by Madonna, “Running Back” by Australian R&B performer Jessica Mauboy, “Feel It” by DJ Felli Fel, as well as the remix of “Speedin’” by Rick Ross. Throughout the summer of 2008, he did live performances on the Fox dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance in the US along with 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada. Flo Rida made an appearance on the albums We Global by DJ Khaled, Gutta by Ace Hood, as well as starstruck by Lady Gaga, amongst others.

According to, Billboard magazine, Flo Rida started recording his sophomore nine months following Mail On Sunday. The record is titled R.O.O.T.S. and was launched on March 31, 2009. The very first single “Right Round” was launched for airplay in January 2009. “Right Round” leaped from number fifty eight to the top spot in one week in late February. The track shattered a record for the most digital one week sales in the U.S., with 636,000, defeating the previous record Flo Rida had set himself with “Low”. “Right Round” sampled “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”, a 1985 hit by Dead or Alive. The second official single was “Sugar”, which featured R&B vocalist Wynter Gordon. The track reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Flo Rida singles were “Jump” feat Nelly Furtado, which reached #54 on the Hot 100 and was the marketing single for the animated film G-Force, and “Be On You” feat Ne-Yo, which reached #19 on the Hot 100. In addition to singles from his own record, Flo Rida made guest performances on “Feel It” by DJ Felli Fel, “The Fame” by Lady Gaga, as well as “Feel It” by Three 6 Mafia. “Bad Boys”, the 2nd single by winner of British reality show The X Factor Alexandra Burke that feat Flo Rida, debuted at #1 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart in October.

Flo Rida declared on Twitter in March 2010 that his next record would certainly be titled The Only One. Billboard noted that The Only One is to be a double record. The single “Zoosk Girl”, feat. T-Pain was leaked out online on March 28. J-Rock produced “Zoosk Girl”. “Club Can’t Handle Me”, produced by David Guetta, had been the very first official single and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the Usa as well as #4 on the Canadian Hot 100. “Club Can’t Handle Me” was additionally on the soundtrack for Step Up 3-D. Flo Rida also earned guest appearances on “iYiYi”, a track by Australian teen performer Cody Simpson, and on the track “Out My Video” by Bulgarian performer LiLana. On 31 August 2010, it was declared that Flo Rida had worked with with English girl group The Saturdays, after he beat the group to the number one spot in the United Kingdom for the second time. It was later validated, by The Saturdays official website that Flo Rida had recorded a new version of the girl’s ninth single, “Higher”, which Rida’s vocals would be featured in it. It was also declared that the single would be launched on the 29th of September 2010 Flo Rida recorded his parts of the music video separately. The video was finished on 29 August 2010. The Only One may be launched on November 23rd.

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