T-Pain invasion

Rapper T-Pain descends on Nanaimo next week for a concert at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

Rapper T-Pain descends on Nanaimo next week for a concert at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

No doubt rapper T-Pain will be arriving on a boat – courtesy B.C. Ferries, of course – and will likely be performing his hit song I’m on a Boat for the all-ages crowd at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre Wednesday (March 30).

Since emerging on the international music scene in 2005, T-Pain, born Faheem Najm in Tallahassee, Fla., collaborated with such music heavyweights as Flo Rida for the hit single Low and Kanye West for the Grammy-winning Good Life.

The show opens with hip hop artist Kyprios at 8 p.m.

Tickets $30/advance from Harbour City Music, Spice Lounge and the Queen’s; $40/door.

Doors open 6:30 p.m. Please call 250-754-6751.

Win a pair of tickets to the show by visiting our contest page at www.nanaimobulletin.com

Nanaimo News Bulletin