Grammy award winning, Tallahassee native T-Pain is back in the city where it all began.
- Sunday the city of Tallahassee honored the artist with a street dedication. Pasco Street between Tucker Street and Orange Avenue is now known as T-Pain Lane.
- He was also presented with a key to the city by Mayor John Dailey.
- The artist has a sold out concert planned for Sunday night at the Adderley Amphitheater.
- Watch the video to hear T-Pain's message to his younger self.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT
What a welcome home for Tallahassee icon T-Pain.
I’m Kenya Cardonne in the Southwest Tallahassee neighborhood.
T-Pain spent the morning here as the town honored him with a street renaming ceremony ahead of his sold-out concert for the city's bicentennial.
The Walker Ford Community Center was the place to be on Sunday morning!Dozens of neighbors and city leaders welcomed Tallahassee native T-Pain onto the stage to celebrate all his success.Mayor John Dailey also presented him with a key to the city before taking a stroll down Pasco Street which is now officially known as T-Pain lane.The artist then took time to speak and take pictures with the neighbors in the area.An inspiration to many in the very communities he got his musical start in.
I asked him what he would tell his younger self if he could see him now.“Just keep being who you are, don’t let bad people turn you into a bad person, treat people well, make every situation a win-win and just watch what happens.”
T-Pain will take the stage at Cascades Park very soon. He tells me he prepared a very special show with lots of throwbacks in store for his hometown.
