Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Liam Payne Was Battling 'A Very Significant Drug Addiction' -- And The Label Wasn't Helping, Say Insiders
perezhilton.comAs we try to make sense of Liam Payne‘s tragic death, we’re seeing more and more struggles, more suffering, more signs things were really wrong.
One of the biggest blows the One Direction alum was dealt recently? We hear he was dropped by his label days before his death.
He’d been with Capitol Records (a subsidiary of Universal Music Group) for eight years, basically since 1D disbanded.
But they’d had enough. At this point, sources told DailyMail.com, they considered him a bad bet and didn’t expect to recoup their advance. Related: Liam Had 2 Girls With Him In Hotel Room ‘Hours Prior’ To His Death Well, there may have been more to the story than that.
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