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 "

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" 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 '' Mail on Sunday'', reached number four in the US. The album was succeeded by ''

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", " Club Can't Handle Me", " Good Feeling", " Wild Ones", " Whistle", "

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", " G.D.F.R." and " My House". Не represented

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, together with Senhit, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in

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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 Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens, Florida. 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 hype man 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 bronchitis. 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 Fresh Kid Ice 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 DeVante Swing, a member of the band Jodeci. However, he was rejected by several of the

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, 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 Barry University 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 Poe Boy Entertainment. Flo Rida was associated with The Eastside Boyz, as featuring artist in 2000. In year 2004, he began affiliating himself for with other Southern hip hop artists, such as

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, T-Pain, and Trick Daddy. A promotional single entitled "Birthday", featuring Rick Ross, was his first significant release. He made his debut guest appearance 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, '' Mail on Sunday'', was released on March 18, 2008. The first single was "

", 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 Timbaland, " In the Ayer" featuring

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, and "Roll" featuring

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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''. Timbaland, who produced the second single "

", is also featured on the track.

, 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

appeared on the

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

, 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 DJ Laz, "

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" by Michelle Williams, the remix of "4 Minutes" by

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, "

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" by Australian R&B singer

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, "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel, and the remix of "

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" by

. During the summer of 2008, he did live performances on the

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dance competition program '' So You Think You Can Dance'' in the US and 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada. He appeared on the albums ''

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'' by

, '' Gutta'' by Ace Hood, and '' The Fame'' by

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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 "

". "Right Round" sampled "

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", a 1985 hit by British band

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. "Right Round" also became Flo Rida's first chart-topping song in the United Kingdom. The second official single was "

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", which featured R&B singer Wynter Gordon. 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. "

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", featuring singer Ne-Yo, 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 Akon, was going to be released on

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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 DJ Felli Fel, " 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 '' The X Factor''

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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 '' Only One Flo (Part 1)'' 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 " Club Can't Handle Me" featuring

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, which was stated to be the official first single for the album. The song was also featured in the '' Step Up 3D'' 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

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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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and chart at a current peak of number thirty-one on the UK R&B Chart. "Why You Up In Here" was released as the fourth single, and third

, on May 11, 2011. The song features Ludacris,

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, and

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

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". In December 2010, Flo Rida created his own label, International Music Group, inspired by

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's signing with

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2011–2013: ''Wild Ones''

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' 1962 song, " Something's Got a Hold on Me". 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 " Whistle", 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 Heath Slater,

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, and Tyler Reks, 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 John Cena. 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

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on the '' America Idol'' finale. On September 13, Flo Rida performed his new single "

" on ''

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''. 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 Olly Murs 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 Boston Marathon bombing 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 Nickelback's album ''

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'' in the track "Got Me Runnin' Round". Flo Rida was also featured in Jeremih's track "

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". 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 Sage the Gemini. 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 " I Don't Like It, I Love It" featuring Robin Thicke 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

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, 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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''. In early 2017, Flo Rida's track "

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" featuring Bay Area rap duo

99 Percent 99 Percent is an American hip hop duo from the Bay Area that consists of Cameron "Camo" Schauer and Johnnie "JayB" Jacob Jr. The duo gained their initial notoriety by from their 2013 single "Yike in It". In 2014, they released "iTwerk (She Twerk ...

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 Maluma. On March 2, 2018, Flo Rida released a new single titled "Dancer" followed shortly afterwards by the '' Just Dance 2019'' 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 Senhit who represented

in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. 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 country rap singles, such as "High Heels" featuring

Walker Hayes Charles Edgar Walker Hayes (born December 27, 1979) is an American country-pop singer and songwriter. He has released three studio albums: ''Reason to Rhyme'' in 2011 on Capitol Records Nashville, and ''Boom (Walker Hayes album), Boom'' and ''Co ...

that was released on October 7th, 2022 and "No Bad Days" featuring Jimmie Allen that was released on December 16th, 2022. Flo Rida concert at Werner Park (52382760010)

Flo Rida concert at Werner Park (52382760010)

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Mail on Sunday'' (2008) * ''

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