T-Pain

Chris Brown has been through a lot this year.  However, all is not lost as Breezy not only came home to a song that is ripping up the charts but a party last night to celebrate his return . Welcoming him home from his 108 day bid, Breezy partied in Beverly Hills with T-Pain, Big Sean, Tyga and Amber Rose, amongst many others. The "Loyal...

Five years ago during the album promotion for Blueprint 3, Jay Z was on a mission to make a statement on hip-hop's reliance on Auto-Tune. His first single from his 11th studio LP was "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)," in which he addresses the industry for its overuse of Auto-Tune...

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T-Pain Sings The SpongeBob Squarepants Theme The title really says it all. We could try and search for deeper meaning here, but here are the cold hard facts: T-Pain came into the XXL office, we played Jenga for 20 mins, and when asked what his favorite TV show was, he said SpongeBob SquarePants with little to no hesitation...

Atlanta foursome, We Are Toonz's smash dance craze "Nae Nae" has been sweeping the nation for the last several months. Today, the crew puts out the official remix for the dance ditty featuring French Montana, T-Pain and Lil Jon. Peep the turn up, below...

T-Pain's "Up Down" is a strong comeback single that's been getting a lot of plays. Today, Teddy grabs Lil Boosie, Kid Ink, and B.o.B for the official remix of "Up Down." The DJ Mustard-produced hit gets a slight change in tempo. Sounds pretty dope...

With a slew of top 10 singles and a Grammy to his name, you could understand why T-Pain’s swagger is on ten.  Serving as one of music’s biggest innovators, T-Pain voiced his concerns with hip-hop’s lack of originality during his interview with Montana’s Zoo 107.5. “At this point, I’m pr...

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Well, 2014 is finally getting underway in terms of hip-hop album and mixtape releases, with the first two of our 25 Most Anticipated Albums—ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron and Rick Ross's Mastermind—coming in the past 10 days. And with a slew of new projects on the way, the year is shaping up to be a formidable contender to challenge last year's epic release schedule that saw new projects from Jay Z, Drake

T-Pain is going on a 34-date North American tour titled "I Am T-Pain Tour." The two-time Grammy winner, whose latest hit single with B.o.B. "Up Down (Do This All Day)," will trek the U.S. to spread his latest chart-topping record. The track lives on T-Pain's upcoming fifth solo LP, Stoicville: The Phoenix due later this year...

T-Pain is a classic car connoisseur, but the rapper recently chose to sell 24 vehicles from his collection. According to the autotune ambassador, his decision to cash in on two-thirds of his whips was due to accumulating maintenance fees on his vintage vehicles...

Homophobia in hip-hop has been a hot topic for a while now. T-Pain is the latest urban artist to speak out on the topic, recently doing so in a sit-down interview with VladTV. Though a number of rappers have come forward with preaching acceptance, Pain says homophobia in urban music circles is still a big deal...