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'It's an honor': T-Pain honored with street renaming ceremony in Southside Tallahassee

T-Pain, the Grammy Award-winning artist, was honored Sunday, November 10, 2024, by the City of Tallahassee with a street named in recognition of his incredible contributions to music and his ongoing commitment to the community. (Suzanne Smith/WFSU)
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T-Pain, the Grammy Award-winning artist, was honored Sunday, November 10, 2024, by the City of Tallahassee with a street named in recognition of his incredible contributions to music and his ongoing commitment to the community. (Suzanne Smith/WFSU)

The Grammy-Award winning artist also received a key to the city.

"Tallahassee Pain," better known as T-Pain, received the Key to the City on Sunday morning at the Walker Ford Community Center on Tallahassee's Southside.

The six-time Grammy award-winning artist returned to his hometown to celebrate the city's bicentennial celebration.

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey and other city leaders, recognized T-Pain for his contributions to music and his commitment to the community.

"Let's welcome our native son home," said Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox. "We are so proud of you. I am pleased to be apart of making this happen. It was truly a team effort."

In addition to receiving the key to the city, the City of Tallahassee honored the Leon County native on Sunday morning with the renaming of Pasco Street (between Tucker Street and Orange Avenue) to "T-Pain Lane."

The new street signs officially went up last Friday.

"This is an honor," T-Pain said onstage. "I represent my city everywhere I go. I want people to know that you can make it from anywhere."

The hip-hop producer and song-writer will be performing later today at the Tallahassee Bicentennial Festival.

The event will be located at the Adderley Amphitheater at Cascades Park. The festival includes the unveiling at 4 p.m. of a special state historical marker commemorating Tallahassee's 200th anniversary.

Adrian Andrews is a multimedia journalist with WFSU Public Media. He is a Gadsden County native and a first-generation college graduate from Florida A&M University. Adrian is also a military veteran, ending his career as a Florida Army National Guard Non-Comissioned Officer.

Adrian has experience in print writing, digital content creation, documentary, and film production. He has spent the last four years on the staff of several award-winning publications such as The Famuan, Gadsden County News Corp, and Cumulus Media before joining the WFSU news team.