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Raynford Avery Humphrey (nacido el 8 de enero de 1986), más conocido por su nombre artístico Preme ( / p r iː m / PREEM ; ^{[ 2 ]} anteriormente P Reign ), es un rapero, cantante, compositor y productor discográfico canadiense. Inicialmente apareció como invitado en los sencillos de 2011 " Alone Again " de Alyssa Reid e " Invincible " de Hedley . Las canciones alcanzaron los puestos 11 y 9 en el Canadian Hot 100 , respectivamente. ^{[ 3 ]} Firmó con RCA Records para lanzar su primer EP Dear Summer EP (2014), que contenía los sencillos "DnF" (con Drake y Future ), "Chickens" (con Waka Flocka Flame ) y "We Them Niggas" (con ASAP Rocky ).

En 2018, cambió su nombre artístico a Preme , y posteriormente lanzó su propio sello, Reps Ups Entertainment, en una empresa conjunta con Columbia Records . Ese mismo año, su canción " Jackie Chan " (con Post Malone ) se convirtió en un éxito menor y generó un remix de Tiësto y Dzeko ; esta versión marcó su primera entrada en el Billboard Hot 100. ^{[ 3 ]}

Preme es de ascendencia guyanesa. En 2008 lanzó su primer sencillo en solitario, "You Know I'm Fly", que alcanzó el número uno en el canal interactivo de música canadiense PunchMuch . Sus siguientes sencillos, "Money in My Pocket" (2009) e "In My Hood" (2010), fueron producidos por T-Minus . Su nombre artístico, Preme, se debe a su nacimiento prematuro ; Preme es una variante ortográfica de "preemie", término coloquial para referirse a un bebé prematuro.

Francis and the Lights, k-os, and Preme each toured with prominent Canadian rapper Drake on his Away from Home Tour, which spanned North America. Preme often performed as an opening act. Due to legal troubles at the time, he was not able to cross into the United States and thus toured only in Canadian cities.

Alyssa Reid's international hit "Alone Again" features P Reign. The single was a hit in Canada and several European charts, peaking at number two on UK Singles Chart. Canadian band Hedley's single "Invincible", taken from their album Storms, features Preme. The single was released on August 23, 2011 and peaked number 9 on the Canadian Hot 100.

The Canadian Dream was issued as Preme's debut mixtape, released in early 2008. His second mixtape, When It Reigns It Pours, 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 RCA Records as an EP. Billboard magazine reported in March 2013 that Preme is collaborating with American rapper ASAP Rocky for the commercial release of "We Them Niggas", a song that preceded the release of Preme's Dear America EP.^[4] The EP was l released on September 9, 2014. His song "Realest in the City" featuring Meek Mill and PartyNextDoor peaked atop Billboard's "Emerging Artists" chart.^[5]

Preme has a son who was born in 2006.

In 2008, Reign was charged with nine counts of weapons possession charges after Toronto Police found three loaded handguns in the backseat of his leased Cadillac.^[6] He was acquitted of all charges on May 30, 2011.^[7] Preme referenced this on the unofficial remix to the song "Us" by Lil Reese rapping, "Drizzy dropped a hundred on my lawyer and I beat the case!"

Preme is close friends with fellow Torontonian rapper Drake^[8] and both have alluded to this on respective tracks. In the song "Intro" of his second mixtape, Reign raps "Shout out to Drizzy Drake, yeah that's my lil' bro / before the deal, we gettin' change like the corner store." Drake raps in the remake to Big Page's single "I'm Still Fly", "My brother P Reign knows we fuck with the same hoes / Plus he taught me how to spot an officer in plain clothes."^[4] Most recently, the two would collaborate (along with Southern rapper Future) on the single "DnF" from Reign's Dear America EP.

• 2014: Dear America EP

• 2008: The Canadian Dream
• 2010: When It Reigns It Pours
• 2014: Dear America
• 2015: Off the Books

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