T-Pain Turns His DJ & Wife’s Search For A Third Partner Into Reality Series

T-Pain is putting his longtime DJ’s relationship at the center of a new dating series as he expands Nappy Boy into reality television.

He created and executive produced “Searching For A Third,” which follows DJ Montay and his wife, Shonte Renee, as they look for another woman to join their relationship. The first two episodes arrive November 11 at 8 P.M. Eastern on Nappy Boy Network’s YouTube channel.

The series announcement describes a search involving first meetings, chemistry, jealousy and the boundaries of an existing partnership.

“My favorite thing about this show is that it’s real,” said T-Pain. “Montay has been like a brother to me for many years, so getting to support him and Shonte on their quest for love was both special and entertaining as hell.”

The connection is personal. Montay has spent years working alongside the singer as a DJ and musical collaborator.

The new series adds a television project to a business that already reaches beyond recording. Nappy Boy has operated in entertainment and gaming, and T-Pain has built an audience on Twitch through livestreams that put his personality alongside his music.

He also bought a 50,000-square-foot Tallahassee warehouse to bring his growing operations together. That physical investment gave the different parts of the company a shared home as he built businesses around the Nappy Boy name.

Paperwork for a broader media business predated this week’s announcement. Nappy Boy Entertainment filed an application for the Nappy Boy Network name in April.

The goods and services listed in that application included film and television production, podcasts, video distribution and online reality programming, alongside clothing and downloadable entertainment.

That range connects the new show to an existing effort to bring several kinds of entertainment under one brand. T-Pain’s automotive venture has also paired his music with his interest in drifting through a partnership with HertLife.

The season will follow a group of women interested in joining the couple.

For this series, Montay and Renee will have to find someone who fits both of them while working through the conversations and compromises that come with expanding their relationship.

Episodes will continue weekly after the November 11 launch, with a two-part reunion planned for early next year.