![Happy Birthday, T-Pain!](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2017/11/T-Pain.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Happy Birthday, T-Pain!
Today, Sept. 30, marks the birthday of hip-hop's favorite rapper-turned-singer, T-Pain, who now turns 33.
T-Pain is best known for popularizing the use of auto-tune in hip-hop, employing the vocal effect on over 50 chart topping singles since 2005. The Florida rapper/singer has also been nominated 11 times for a Grammy Award and, after slowing up his output a good bit, he's continued putting out a stream of new material while jumping into new endeavors.
In August 2018, T-Pain reached deep into the vaults of his unreleased music and unleashed Everything Must Go (Vol. 1), a project that includes features from Joey Bada$$, Ace Hood and Joe Budden. That same month it was announced that the singer would be starring in a new Fuse TV series by the name of T-Pain's School of Business.
Happy Birthday, T-Pain!
See Photos of T-Pain's Different Looks Over the Years
More From XXL
![Hip-Hop Artists Who’ve Gone Diamond](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2019/09/attachment-diamond-rappers-eminem-drake-tupac-shakur-50-cent.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![We Asked Readers to Tell Us the Dumbest Lyrics They’ve Heard in Hip-Hop, Here’s What They Came Up With](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2024/06/attachment-drake-rick-ross-2-chainz.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![T-Pain Regrets Drunkenly Dancing on Stage to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2024/05/attachment-t-pain-kendrick-lamar1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Taylor Swift’s Love for Hip-Hop Is Very Much Mutual](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2024/04/attachment-taylor-swift-rap.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Here Are the Best Tiny Desk Hip-Hop Performances Ranked](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2021/03/mac-miller-freddie-gibbs-t-pain-tiny-desk.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![31 Rappers Who Celebrate Being Muslim](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2016/06/attachment-Lil-Durk-Kevin-Gates-Muslim-Rappers.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![22 Rappers in Super Bowl Commercials Over the Years](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2023/02/attachment-ice-spice-eminem-lil-wayne.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Here’s Every Best Rap Song Winner at the Grammy Awards Over the Years](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2023/01/attachment-drake-grammy.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![These Are the Most NSFW Hip-Hop Videos of All Time](http://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2022/08/attachment-nsfw-hip-hop-videos-photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)