Thomas Rhett Akins, Jr (born in Valdosta, Georgia) is an American country music singer known professionally as Thomas Rhett He is the son of singer-songwriter Rhett Akins[1]Here is some background information on Thomas Rhett from the Something To Do With My Hands Songfacts Thomas Rhett grew up in the music industry by means of his singer-songwriter father Rhett Akins Whilst studying business and communications at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Rhett formed a cover band and began playing frat parties and other gigs they could get His dad persuaded him to take the stage one night at a Nashville showcase, and EMI Music's Ben Vaughn, the same publisher who had signed his father many years earlier, offered Rhett a publishing deal Rhett co-wrote the song "I Ain't Ready to Quit" on Jason Aldean's 2010 album My Kinda Party and signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records' Valory Music Group division in 2011[2] In early 2012, he released his debut single, "Something to Do with My Hands" The song received a positive review from Taste of Country writer Billy Dukes, who called it "clever, but not so cheeky that the joke tires after a listen or three
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