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Thomas Rhett Akins, Jr. (born March 30, 1990), better known by his stage name Thomas Rhett, is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is the son of American country music singer-songwriter Rhett Akins. Rhett was born in Valdosta, Georgia, the son of country music singer Rhett Akins, and grew up knowing such fellow country stars as Tim McGraw or Brooks & Dunn. After learning to play drums while attending junior high school, Rhett later would go onstage with his father and play. In high school, he was part of a band named The High Heeled Flip Flops. Besides music, he did not have a career choice in mind. After high school, Rhett went to college at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee to study communications, mainly because his friends were going to college and he didn't know what else to do.