Amber was 22 and serving in the military when she met Faheem Najm, a kid from Tallahassee with a dream and no record deal. She gave him her number on a piece of paper. He kept it.
They married on September 11, 2003, before the fame, before the Auto-Tune, before any of it. Three kids: Lyriq, Muziq, and Kaydnz.
When T-Pain went through four years of depression and nearly lost everything, Amber didn't leave. She co-founded Nappy Boy Entertainment with him, managed his career, and pulled him back up.
On their 18th anniversary, he posted the original piece of paper with her number on it. "Thank you for sticking with me through all the crazy stuff."
Over 20 years. Hip hop never talks about this one.
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A photograph of Abdul Wali, an Afghan farmer who was falsely accused of terrorism in 2003. Seeking to prove his innocence, he surrendered to U.S. forces but was tortured to death over three days by a CIA contractor.