UTramar Dillard, owaziwa ngegama lesiteji sakhe u-Flo Rida, ungumdlali we-rapper waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo kanye nomculi. Eqala ngeculo lakhe lokuqala elithi “Low” eminyakeni edlule, wakhiqiza izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ezimbalwa nama-albhamu ahamba phambili emhlabeni wonke, okumenza abe ngomunye wabaculi bomculo abathengiswa kakhulu.
Ehlakulela intshisekelo eqinile emculweni kusukela esemncane, wajoyina iqembu lezifundiswa ze-rap iGroundHoggz. Ukuchayeka kwakhe emculweni kwamhlanganisa nomlamu wakhe owayengumlandeli we-2 Live Crew, iqembu lendawo le-rap. Ekuqaleni, emzamweni wokuthola indawo embonini yomculo, usayine nePoe Boy Entertainment.
Iculo lakhe lokuqala elithi "Low", elikhishwe yi-Atlantic Records, libe yimpumelelo yakhe kumashadi amaningana kazwelonke nakwamanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa ne-US Billboard Hot 100, ephula amarekhodi okuthengisa okudawuniloda kwedijithali nokuthola izitifiketi eziningi zeplatinamu.
Elinye lamaculo ecwecwe lakhe lokuqala elithi "Mail on Sunday" livele kumsindo wefilimu ethi Step Up 2: The Streets. Eqhubekela phambili, ukhiphe izingoma ezimbalwa ezishisa izikhotha njengethi “Wild Ones”, “Right Round” kanye nethi “Whistle” nama-albhamu afana nethi “Wild Ones” nethi “ROOTS”.
Umsebenzi wangaphambi kwesikhathi onamaqembu ama-2
UTramar Dillard wazalwa ngo-September 16, 1979. U-Flo Rida, njengoba wonke umuntu wayevame ukumbiza, wakhulela endaweni yaseCarol City eMiami Gardens, eFlorida. Ubeyilungu leqembu elifanayo elibizwa ngeGroundhoggz iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Wayenguye yedwa indodana emndenini, nakuba abazali bakhe babenezingane ezingu-8.
Umthandi womculo kusukela ebuntwaneni, uthole umuzwa womculo wangempela ngomlamu wakhe, owayehlangene neqembu le-rap lendawo elithi "2 Live Crew" njengendoda edume kakhulu.
Ebangeni lesishiyagalolunye, waba yilungu leqembu le-rap eliyimfundamakhwela iGroundHoggz. Amanye amalungu amathathu aleli qembu kwakungabangane bakhe efulethini ayehlala kulo. Amalungu amane aleli qembu asebenze ndawonye iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili.
Uphothule esikoleni samabanga aphezulu ngo-1998 wabhalisa eNyuvesi yaseNevada, eLas Vegas ukuyofundela ukuphathwa kwebhizinisi lamazwe ngamazwe, kodwa wayeka ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbili. Ubuye wasebenza eNyuvesi yaseBarry, nokho, njengoba inhliziyo yakhe yayiwumculo, wahamba ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ukuze athuthukise uthando lwakhe lomculo.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, u-Flo Rida waqala ukusebenza nomlamu wakhe, owayesebenzisana noLuther Campbell, owaziwa ngelikaLuke Skywalker, we-2 Live Crew. Ngo-2001, u-Flo Rida wayengumgqugquzeli we-2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice ngenkathi eqala umsebenzi eyedwa.
Buyela eFlorida
Ngobudlelwano bakhe embonini yomculo, uFlo Rida wahlangana noDeVante Swing waseJodeci futhi waya entshonalanga eLos Angeles, eCalifornia ukuyophishekela umsebenzi womculo. Washiya ikolishi ukuze agxile ekubeni umculi wangempela.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emine eseCalifornia, uFlo Rida wabuyela ezweni lakubo eFlorida futhi wasayina nelebuli ye-hip hop yaseMiami iPoe Boy Entertainment ekuqaleni kuka-2006.
"Phansi" kanye "Imeyili ngeSonto"
Ingoma yokuqala ka-Flo Rida esemthethweni ethi "Low" yakhululwa ngo-Okthoba 2007. Ihlanganisa amazwi kanye nokubhala nokukhiqizwa okuvela ku-T-Pain. Ingoma ifakwe kumsindo wefilimu ethi Step Up 2: The Streets.
Ibe yingoma ebabazekayo, yafinyelela phezulu eshadini lezingoma ezizimele ze-pop ngoJanuwari 2008. Ingoma yagcina ngokudayisa amakhophi edijithali angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisikhombisa, futhi isikhathi esithile kwaba yingoma yedijithali edayise kakhulu kunabo bonke. I-Billboard ibeke ingoma njenge-#23 ngaso sonke isikhathi ehlobo lika-2008.
I-Mail on Sunday yi-albhamu yokuqala ka-Flo Rida enobude obugcwele, ekhishwe ngoMashi 2008. Kuhlanganisa okubalulekile okuvela e-Timbaland, will.i.am, JR Rotem nokunye. Izingoma ezithi "Elevator" nethi "In A Ayer" nazo zifinyelele ku-Top 20 ngokuduma. Imeyili ngeSonto ikhuphukele ku-#4 eshadini lama-albhamu.
"Right Run"
U-Flo Rida umemezele i-albhamu yakhe yesibili eyedwa ngokukhululwa kwengoma ethi "Right Round" ngoJanuwari 2009. Yakhelwe eduze kweshuni ye-Dead line noma i-pop yakudala ye-Alive ethi "You Spin Me Round (Njengerekhodi)".
IRound Round yakhuphukela ngokushesha phezulu eshadini lezingoma eziculayo futhi yabeka irekhodi elisha lokuthengisa okuningi kwedijithali kweviki elilodwa, okungu-636 ngeviki lokugcina likaFebruwari 000.
"Right Round" nayo iyaphawuleka ngokufakwa kwabaculi bakaKesha abangagunyaziwe, ngaphambi nje kokuba abe yinkanyezi eyedwa. UBruno Mars wabhala ngokuhlanganyela ethi "Right Round" ngenkathi naye esendleleni eya emsebenzini ophumelelayo eyedwa.
"ROOTS"
Isifinyezo esithi ROOTS, okuyisihloko secwecwe lesibili likaFlo Rida eyedwa, limele "Izimpande zokunqoba umzabalazo". Ikhishwe ngoMashi 2009 futhi ihlanganisa ingoma eyodwa ethi "Sugar", eyakhiwe eduze kweshuni ehehayo ye-Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". Phakathi kwabadidiyeli baleli cwecwe kubalwa u-Akon, Nelly Furtado noNeo.
UFlo Rida uthe ugqozi ngale albhamu wukwazi ukuthi impumelelo yayo ibandakanya ukusebenza ngokuzikhandla futhi akuyona into eyenzeka ubusuku bonke. I-albhamu yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 8 eshadini futhi yagcina isidayise amakhophi angaphezu kuka-300,00.
"Asendle"
Ngemuva kokudumazeka kwe-albhamu yakhe yesithathu yesitudiyo i-One Flo kuphela (Ingxenye 1), u-Flo Rida waqala ukusebenza ngemisindo enwetshiwe yomculo we-pop nomdanso we-albhamu yakhe yesine, i-Wild Ones. Ingoma ephambili ethi "Good Feeling", ekhishwe ngo-2011, yasampula ingoma ka-Etta James ethi "Something's Got a Hold On Me" futhi yagqugquzelwa iculo elikhulu lomdanso lika-Avicii elithi "Levels", eliphinde lasebenzisa isampula.
Ibe yi-pop enkulu emhlabeni wonke futhi yafinyelela ku-#3 eshadini le-pop lase-US. Ingoma esihloko sithi ye-albhamu yethula uSia ngemuva nje kokuvela engomeni enkulu kaDavid Guetta ethi "Titanium". "Ezasendle" zifinyelele ku-#5 ku-Singles Chart.
U-Flo Rida uphinde wabonisa ingoma yakhe enkulu kakhulu yengoma yesithathu ethi "Whistle" kule albhamu. Naphezu kwezikhalazo ezibucayi zokukhuluma ngocansi, ingoma ifinyelele inombolo yokuqala eshadini le-pop lase-US futhi yaba enye ingoma ethandwayo ye-Flo Rida emhlabeni wonke.
I-Wild Ones, ekhishwe ehlobo lika-2012, ibe nenye i-pop ephezulu eyi-10 ethi "I Cry". Nakuba mhlawumbe ngenxa yamahithi aphezulu angu-10 aphezulu, ukuthengiswa kwama-albhamu bekunesizotha, kanti i-Wild Ones inyuke kakhulu ku-#14.
"Indlu Yami" namahithi amasha
Esikhundleni se-albhamu yobude obugcwele, u-Flo Rida ukhiphe i-EP My House ekuqaleni kuka-2015. Ihlanganise neyodwa ethi "GDFR" emele ukuthi "Going Down For Real". Ingoma ihlale iseduze ne-hip hop yomdabu kunamahithi amaningi ka-Flo Rida.
Ukushintsha kwaba yimpumelelo kwezohwebo futhi "i-GDFR" ifinyelele ku-# 8 eshadini le-pop, ikhuphukela ku-# 2 eshadini le-rap. Ingoma enesihloko esithi My House ibe eyokulandela. Ngokusetshenziswa kanzima kwengoma yemidlalo yethelevishini, ikhuphuke kumashadi e-pop futhi yafinyelela ku-#4.
Ngemva kokuqeda ukukhangisa i-EP, ngoDisemba 2015 u-Flo Rida wakhulula ingoma eyodwa ethi "Dirty Mind" ehlanganisa no-Sam Martin. Ngo-February 26, 2016, u-Flo Rida wakhulula i-standalone single "Sawubona Friday" ehambisana no-Jason Derulo okhuphukele kunombolo 79 ku-Billboard Hot 100. Ngo-March 24, 2016, wakhulula ingoma yokuphromotha "Ubani nami?".
Ngomhla zingama-20 kuMeyi 2016, u-Flo Rida wakhipha izingoma ezimbili, "Who loved you" efaka u-Arianna kanye nethi "Night" efaka uLiz Elias no-Akon. NgoJulayi 29, 2016, uFlo Rida wakhulula i-"Zillionaire", eyafakwa ku-trailer ye-Masterminds.
Ngo-December 16, 2016, ithrekhi ka-Flo Rida ethi "Ikhekhe" ne-Bay Area rap duo 99 Percent yafakwa ehlanganisweni lomdanso wase-Atlantic othi "This Is a Challenge" wabe esethunyelwa kumisakazo engu-40 ephezulu ngo-February 28, 2017 njengengoma yakhe entsha.
NgoJulayi 2017, engxoxweni uthe i-albhamu yakhe yesihlanu isathuthukiswa nokuthi isiphelele ngamaphesenti angama-70. NgoNovemba 17, 2017, u-Flo Rida ukhiphe enye ethi "Hola" ehlanganisa umculi/umbhali wengoma waseColombia uMaluma. NgoMashi 2, 2018, uFlo Rida ukhiphe ingoma entsha ebizwa ngokuthi “Dancer” eyalandelwa maduze ethi “Just Dance 2019: Sweet Sensation”.
Imisebenzi esemqoka ye-Flow Ride
I-"Low" ibe yi-albhamu esebenze isikhathi eside kakhulu ngo-2008 e-US futhi yabamba indawo ye-US Billboard Hot 100 amasonto ayishumi elandelana. Ifinyelele inombolo 3 ku-US Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.
I-"Low", ingoma edawunilode kakhulu eminyakeni eyishumi ngokuthengiswa kwedijithali okurekhodiwe okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha, yaqinisekiswa iplatinamu engu-8x yi-RIAA, ngaphezu kokugunyazwa iplatinamu negolide ngabanye abaningi.
I-"Right Round" ithengise amakhophi edijithali angu-636 ngesonto layo lokuqala, yephula irekhodi lika-Flo Rida nge-"Low". Ibe yingoma yakhe edayise kakhulu ngokulandwa okuqinisekisiwe okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi nambili, kanye neshesha kakhulu phakathi kwezigidi zokulanda emlandweni wenkathi yedijithali yase-US.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Flo Rida
Eminyakeni edlule, u-Flo Rida ube ngezindlela eziningana. Uke wajola noMilisa Ford (2011-2012), Eva Marcil (2010-2011), Brandy Norwood (2009-2010), Brenda Song (2009) noPhoenix White (2007-2008).
Naye ungubaba, kodwa akahlali nendodana yakhe. UFlo Rida wakhokha u- $ 5 ngenyanga ngendodana yakhe, u-Zohar Paxton, owazalwa ngoSepthemba 2016.
U-Alexis (umama) waya enkantolo ukuze athole enye inkokhelo futhi waphikisa ngokuthi imali yesondlo yengane ayitholayo ayenele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Alexis uthe wayengenakukwazi ukunakekela ingane futhi wayengakwazi ukuya emsebenzini eshiya ingane ngemuva.
Bekungesikho okokuqala ukuthi u-Flo Rida kumele abhekane nengxabano yezomthetho mayelana nokufanisa ububaba nokondla izingane. Ngaphambilini ngo-Ephreli 2014, uNatasha Georgette Williams wasola uFlo Rida ngokuba nguyise wendodana yakhe.
Izimangalo zoyise ziphenduke zaba yizindaba ezingokomthetho, okwathi ngemva kwalokho izincwadi zangempela zoyise ziphakamisa ukuthi u-Flo unguyise wengane. Nokho, namuhla azikho izindaba ezivela ekuphileni kwakhe siqu!
