Denver - Mobile entertainment publisher Zed has announced a deal with top-selling hip-hop artist T-Pain and his record label, Nappy Boy Digital, to exclusively distribute T-Pain ringtones to mobile carriers and through its own portals. T-Pain has to date sold more than 15 million ringtones. Zed also signed a similar exclusive deal with KOCH Entertainment, an independent label whose artists include Ray J, UNK and Kottonmouth Kings.

Atlanta - Hip-hop producer and artist T-Pain has announced the launch of his own full-service, independent digital record label, Nappy Boy Digital. T-Pain will release both his own tracks and those of others to digital retailers via Nappy Boy Digital. The label's first release will be "Beam Me Up," a track from collaborator Tay Dizm that was produced by Bangladesh and features T-Pain and Rick Ross. To date, T-Pain has sold more than 15 million ringtones, while the single "Buy U A Drank" off his last record sold 1.5 million downloads.