Flo Rida

Profile

Real Name: Tramar Dillard
Date of Birth: September 17, 1979
Place of Birth: Carol City, Florida

Albums

Mail on Sunday (2008)
R.O.O.T.S. (2009)
The Only One (2010)

Biography

Born and raised in Carol City, Florida as Tramar Dillard (28-years-old) was the youngest of eight children and the only boy. Flo Rida was inspired to express himself through music at an early age by his father who just happened to be a multi-talented musician. However, his parents split and his father wasn’t around much during his childhood. His sisters were also musicians and formed a local gospel group, but disaster happened when one of his sisters died due to complications with bronchitis. Flo Rida gained a new perspective on life and knew he had to make the best of it by using his god-given talents. He got a lot of support and strength from his mother who would show him that with sacrifice and a good head on your shoulders you can achieve anything.

Ninth grade was the first start of Flo’s rapping career when he formed a group called Groundhoggz, which he still considers to be a part of to this day. The name means being grounded, because without it you have nothing to stand on. Nothing can last without staring from the ground up.

The Groundhoggz found some success locally selling mixtapes in the late 90’s and opening for rappers such as Scarface. Later, Flo Rida got a great offer from his brother-in-law to become the hype man for Fresh Kid Ice of 2 Live Crew at age 18. He quickly found himself on a tour with them going nationwide.

As a hype man, Flo Rida gained major exposure and caught the attention DeVante Swing , formerly R&B group Jodeci. There he was able to get his demo heard by DeVante and was suddenly flown out to LA where he stayed for three years. Yet, he found himself going no-where on the West Coast and returned to Miami where he finally got his big break.

Videos

Lyrics

External Links

Official Website: http://www.officialflo.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/official_flo
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/officialflo
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_Rida