Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (, ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 breakout single " Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital download sales at the time of its release. Flo Rida's debut studio album, 2008's ''

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'', reached number four in the US. The album was succeeded by ''

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'' and 2012's '' Wild Ones'', also charted on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Flo Rida has sold over 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists. His catalog includes the international hit singles "

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", "

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", " Good Feeling", " Wild Ones", "

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, together with

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with the song " Adrenalina". They scored 50 points, finishing 22nd overall in the final.

Life and career

1979–2006: Early life and career beginnings

Dillard was born on September 16, 1979, in the

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. His parents raised him together with his seven sisters, the youngest of whom is his twin. Some of his sisters would sing in a local gospel group. His brother-in-law was a

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for local rap group

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, 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. Early on in his career one of his sisters, Julia, died due to

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. Her death greatly affected Dillard and his career, with him telling MTV, "I was very close to her, and I told myself that I was going to do this for my sister." While performing, rapper

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took notice and asked him to be his hype man, and shortly after he took him for a show in Hawaii. Flo Rida considers this period his schooling. With The GroundHoggz, they were featured guests on Fresh Kid Ice's album ''Freaky Chinese'' (2004). Flo Rida's work with Fresh Kid Ice attracted the attention of

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, a member of the band

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. However, he was rejected by several of the major labels, so he sought many other jobs outside of music. After graduating from high school in 1998, he studied international business management at the

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for two months and attended

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for two months. He returned to Florida to continue pursuing his music career after receiving a phone call from a representative of the independent label

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. Flo Rida was associated with The Eastside Boyz, as featuring artist in 2000. In year 2004, he began affiliating himself for with other

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artists, such as Rick Ross,

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, T-Pain, and

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. A

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entitled "Birthday", featuring Rick Ross, was his first significant release. He made his debut

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with the song "Bitch I'm From Dade County" on

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's album ''

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'' (2007), which also features Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Brisco, C-Ride, and

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2007–2008: ''Mail on Sunday''

Flo Rida's debut album, ''

'', was released on March 18, 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. "

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", featuring

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, " In the Ayer" featuring

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, and "Roll" featuring Sean Kingston followed, and both charted on the Hot 100 and other charts. In addition to T-Pain, there were many featured guests throughout ''Mail on Sunday''.

, who produced the second single "

", is also featured on the track. Rick Ross, and

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made appearances as well.Danica Dow (February 23, 2008)
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. ''SOHH''. Retrieved February 24, 2008.

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appeared on the track "American Superstar", while Sean Kingston appeared on the

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-produced "Roll", which was co-written by Compton rapper Spitfiya. Various other guests include Birdman, Brisco, and

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. "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,

, named "Bout It", both did not make the final tracklist, but were recorded. After the success of ''Mail on Sunday'', Flo Rida made guest performances on other R&B, rap, and pop singles, including "

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" by

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, "

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" by Australian R&B singer

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, "Feel It" by

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, and the remix of "

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" by Rick Ross. During the summer of 2008, he did live performances on the

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'' in the US and 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada. He appeared on the albums ''

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'' by

, ''

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'' by

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, and ''

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2009–2010: ''R.O.O.T.S.''

Flo Rida began recording his second album, ''

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" featuring Kesha, was released for airplay in January 2009. "Right Round" jumped from number 58 to the top spot in one week in late February. The song broke a record for the most digital one week sales in the US, with 636,000, beating the previous record he had set himself with " Low". "Right Round" sampled "

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", a 1985 hit by British band Dead or Alive. "Right Round" also became Flo Rida's first chart-topping song in the United Kingdom. The second official single was " Sugar", which featured R&B singer

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. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. "

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", featuring singer

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, was the third official single and was released on July 27, 2009, in the United Kingdom, and July 28, 2009, worldwide. "

Be on You "Be on You" is the fifth official single from Flo Rida's second album, ''R.O.O.T.S.''. It features Ne-Yo and is produced by Stargate. Despite gaining much airplay in July 2009, the single wasn't officially released until October 2009, due to Flo ...

", featuring singer

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, was the album's fourth official single, released on October 6, 2009. Both songs charted in the top 100 in various countries. "

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", featuring

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, was going to be released on iTunes but was cancelled. A music video was, however, shot in mid-2009. ''R.O.O.T.S.'' debuted at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 55,000 copies in its first week. As of August 2009, the album has sold 223,000 copies in the United States, and 536,000 worldwide. By the end of 2009, the album sold 247,000 copies in the US, becoming the eighth best selling rap album of 2009. Flo Rida made guest performances on " Feel It" by

, " Starstruck" by

, and " Feel It" by

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. " Bad Boys", the second song by winner of

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of the British TV singing competition ''

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'' Alexandra Burke that featured Flo Rida, debuted at the top of the

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in October 2009, becoming both Burke's and Flo Rida's second chart-topping song in Britain.

2010–2011: ''Only One Flo (Part 1)''

Flo Rida's third album ''

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'' 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

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, 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 "

" featuring

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, which was stated to be the official first single for the album. The song was also featured in the ''

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'' soundtrack. On November 2, 2010, "Come with Me" was released as the first promo single for the album, along with "Puzzle", produced, and featuring by Electrixx, which is not featured on the album. On November 16, 2010, "

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" was released as the second official promo single for the album via the

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. It debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number thirty-four on November 29, 2010. After the release of the album in the UK, "

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" started to receive a strong number of downloads, thus causing it to debut at number 136Only One Flo (Part 1)
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. "Why You Up In Here" was released as the fourth single, and third

, on May 11, 2011. The song features

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, and

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. Flo Rida also made guest appearances on " iYiYi", a song by Australian teen singer

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, and on the song "Out My Video" by Bulgarian singer

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. Flo Rida collaborated with UK girl group

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, recording a new version of their single, " Higher". In December 2010, Flo Rida created his own label, International Music Group, inspired by

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's signing with

's. He has signed an 18-year-old rapper,

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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 Etta James' 1962 song, "

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". Following the death of Etta James on January 20, 2012, Flo Rida dedicated the song in her memory. The song peaked at No. 3 in the United States, and topped the charts in Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In the latter country, it became Flo Rida's fourth chart-topper on the

including collaborations with British artists and

. It reached the top five in nine other countries. The next two singles from the album were the title track, " Wild Ones", released in December 2011, and "

", released in April 2012. "Wild Ones" reached No. 1 in various countries, and hit #5 in the US, while "Whistle" reached No. 1 in 20 countries, including the United States. On April 1, 2012, Flo Rida appeared at

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in a segment with

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, and

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, 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

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came out for his match against

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. An exclusive Australian EP entitled '' Good Feeling'' was released in Australia on April 6, which contains six of his biggest hits and two remixes. iTunes EP. Retrieved April 15, 2012 It debuted at No. 21 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart On May 22, 2012, Flo Rida performed and closed the show at the first Q102 Springle Ball Concert, and the following day he performed "Goin' In" with Jennifer Lopez on the '' America Idol'' finale. On September 13, Flo Rida performed his new single "

" on '' America's Got Talent''. On December 9, he performed " Let It Roll" and "Wild Ones" at the 2012 edition of WWE's

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. In November 2012, he collaborated with

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for his song "

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". In June 2013, Flo Rida collaborated with

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on the song "Booty on the Floor" to benefit the families and victims of the

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via One Fund Boston.

2014–present: ''My House'', upcoming fifth studio album, Eurovision Song Contest 2021

In January 2014, Flo Rida was featured in the song "One Night Stand" by Slovak duo TWiiNS. In November, he appeared on

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's album '' No Fixed Address'' in the track "Got Me Runnin' Round". Flo Rida was also featured in Jeremih's track " Tonight Belongs to U!". 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

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. The song became his tenth top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at number 8 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and at number 3 in the US Top 100 chart on iTunes. On June 19, 2015, Flo Rida released the second single called "

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" featuring

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and

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. The single reached the No. 43 spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On October 15, 2015, the title track " My House" was released as a single and became an international success, peaking at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 2016. Following the EP, in December 2015, Flo Rida released the single "Dirty Mind", featuring

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. On February 20, 2016, Flo Rida released "Who Did You Love", a collaboration with Arianna. On February 26, 2016, Flo Rida released a standalone single "

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" featuring Jason Derulo, that peaked at number 79 in the ''Billboard Hot 100'' chart. On March 24, 2016, he released the promotional single "Who's with Me". On July 29, 2016, Flo Rida released "

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", that was featured in the trailer for '' Masterminds''. Flo Rida was also featured on Liz Elias' single "At Night" as well as on

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's single "

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", included on Pitbull's tenth album ''

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''. In early 2017, Flo Rida's track " Cake" featuring Bay Area rap duo

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went viral with the trending #CakeChallenge dance, and the song reached No. 77 on the Hot 100. On November 17, 2017, Flo Rida released another single "Hola" featuring Colombian singer/songwriter

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. On March 2, 2018, Flo Rida released a new single titled "Dancer" followed shortly afterwards by the ''

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'' track "Sweet Sensation". In July 2017, Flo Rida declared in an interview that his fifth album is still in the works and that it was 70 percent finished. On March 23, 2020, Flo Rida posted a picture on Instagram of him in the studio, presumably with new music on the way. On April 8, he announced he was "88% done", and alluded to a 2021 release date on January 6, 2021. Flo Rida was featured on the song " Adrenalina" by Italian singer

who represented

in the

. On May 18, 2021, two days prior to the second semi-final of the contest where Senhit was slated to perform the song, it was confirmed that Flo Rida would be joining her on stage. As of 2022, Flo Rida has been experimenting with a new sound by recording

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singles, such as "High Heels" featuring

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that was released on October 7th, 2022 and "No Bad Days" featuring

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that was released on December 16th, 2022. Flo Rida concert at Werner Park (52382760010)

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Wild Ones'' (2012)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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