Born: January 8, 1986
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Raynford Avery Humphrey is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer, better known by his stage name Preme (/priːm/ PREEM; formerly P Reign). He was signed to The Blueprint Group (BPG) and RCA Records. He is currently signed to Empire Distribution, in conjunction with his record label Reps Ups Entertainment, which is also in a joint-venture record deal with Columbia Records and a joint-venture publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Preme, also known as The King, the King of Da North, released his debut solo single in 2008 entitled "You Know I'm Fly,” which topped the PunchMuch Canadian interactive music channel. His follow-up singles are "Money in My Pocket" (2009) and "In My Hood" (2010), produced by T-Minus. He is known as Preme because of his preterm birth, Preme being a changed spelling of "preemie,” which is slang for premature.
Francis and the Lights, k-os, and Reign all toured with Drake on his Away from Home Tour across North America. Reign performed as an opening act. Due to legal troubles at the time, Reign could not cross into the United States and thus tour only in Canadian cities.
Alyssa Reid's big international hit "Alone Again" features P Reign. The single hit Canada and many European charts and reached number 2 on UK Singles Chart.
Canadian band Hedley's hit "Invincible" from their album Storms features P Reign. The single, released on August 23, 2011, reached number 9 on Canadian Hot 100 and was certified double platinum.
The Canadian Dream is his debut mixtape and was released in early 2008. His sophomore mixtape is called When It Reigns It Pours and was released on November 1, 2010.
His third mixtape was to be called True Kings Don't Die but was changed to Dear America, and its release date was scheduled for July 4, 2013, but was postponed and released under Sony/RCA as an EP. A week later, he also released a mixtape with additional songs called Dear America.
Billboard magazine reported in March 2013
that P Reign is collaborating with rapper A$AP Rocky for the next release,
"We Them Niggas" which was a part of P Reign's Dear America EP. P
Reign collaborates with artists such as French Montana, Waka Flocka Flame, and
Drake. The EP was finally released on September 9, 2014. His song "Realest
in the City" featuring Meek Mill and PartyNextDoor reached #1 on
Billboard's "Emerging Artists" chart.