Tay Dizm

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Tay Dizm
Birth nameArtavious Courtez Smith
Born (1980-05-03) May 3, 1980 (age 43)
OriginMiami, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • hype man
Years active2004–present
Labels
Websitewww.taydizm.com

Artavious Courtez Smith (born May 3, 1980), better known by his stage name Tay Dizm, is an American rapper and hype man best known for being signed to T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment record label.

Biography

Smith spent his entire childhood raised in

Miami, Florida. His two brothers taught him how to rap and recorded mixtapes with him. He moved to Tallahassee, Florida, where he met singer T-Pain, for whom Smith would become a hypeman. Under stage name Tay Dizm, Smith did guest performances on tracks from T-Pain's first three albums.[1]

Dizm is the first artist to release an album under T-Pain's Nappy Boy Digital label.

Rick Ross, which was released online via Nappy Boy Digital. It quickly sold 4,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, without significant promotion.[3]
He is featured in all three of T-Pain's solo albums.

The second single, "Dream Girl", features

Young Cash. Single "Club Pack" was released on MTV
on February 20, 2013.

Discography

Albums

  • TBA: Welcome to the New World

Extended plays

  • TBA: The Tempataions [sic?]

Mixtapes

  • 2007: Tha Hottest Hotboy
  • 2009: Dreamgirl
  • 2010: Point 'Em Out
  • 2011: Thank You For Being A Friend
  • 2012: ART

Singles

  • 2007: "Like Me" (Feat. Lil Wayne)
  • 2008: "Beam Me Up" (Feat. T-Pain &
    Rick Ross
    )
  • 2009: "Dreamgirl" (Feat. Akon)
  • 2009: "Nothing But the Truth" (Feat. Young Cash & Piccalo)
  • 2012: "Getting to the Money" (Feat. T-Pain & J-Bo)
  • 2013: "Club Pack" (Feat. Young Cash)
  • 2014: "Pop It" (Feat. Young Cash)
  • 2016: "Good Lil Bit" (Feat. T-Pain & Krayzie Bone)

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Dance Floor" 2005 T-Pain Rappa Ternt Sanga
"Yo Stomach" 2007 Epiphany
"Digital" 2008 Three Ringz
"Depressing" 2011 Prevolver
"Bring It Back"
"Never Leave Her" Revolver
"The Champ" 2012 T-Pain Stoic
"I'll Never Be" T-Pain, Travie McCoy
"Exclusive" T-Pain, Young Cash
"I'm Fucking Done" 2015 T-Pain Stoicville: The Phoenix

Notes

  • "Never Leave Her" is a promotional single to Revolver.

References

  1. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  2. ^ O'Neal, Jessica. T-Pain has nothing on his iPod, The Red and Black. Published October 16, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  3. ^ a b T-Pain's Digital Label Unveils Signings, Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Carter, Jay (2008-05-11). "Next in Line: Tay Dizm". 24 Hour Hip Hop.

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