T-Pain has been called a prodigy, a man ahead of his time - names that he rejects and embarrass him. So it was just natural to have an epiphany." Stuff like that just made me think about life in a different light and my situation in a different light. just experiences I had as far as going overseas, losing a couple of friends due to violence or gang violence. How he came to naming the cd, he says, "I had an epiphany between my first and my second albums. People just hating on you, stepping on your toes, just trying to pull you to the bottom, like it's so hard to get outside of Tallahassee, which causes pain, so 'Tallahassee-Pain.'"Īlthough he experienced some pain in his youth, his music has brought joy to thousands of his fans. The 'Pain' stands for the struggle of trying to get outside of Tallahassee. "The 'T' stands for Tallahassee, which is Tallahassee, Florida, which is where I'm from. That's where he came up with the name T-Pain. Just them calling saying, 'Hey we got to push your studio time back because Michael Jackson wants to meet you.' Just that moment right there was the highlight of my life," T-Pain said.īut, he says, life was not so good growing up in a Florida city. Most people who deem themselves music critics are quick to jump on the anti-T-Pain bandwagon, and to hate on him for his excessive use of autotune.
"It was great just meeting Michael Jackson. And when they figured out that I was somewhat of an intelligent person, (laughs) it just, it baffles people, you know what I'm saying? It just kind of makes me sad that people don't catch on until two years later, but, hey, as long as they catch on."Īnd many of those who caught on were the biggest names in the Hip-Hop culture, names like Kanye West, Chris Brown, Mario Wynans, and Michael Jackson artists who wanted to collaborate with T-Pain on their projects. He recalls, "They saw me, and they looked at me and they said, 'Aw, he can't be writing that kind of song', or 'He can't produce that', just because of the way I look. Hip-Hop is a moment, a mode, that you can get into at any given moment."ĭespite all his success, T-Pain didn't get much respect when he first arrived on the Hip-Hop scene. Hip-Hop, T-Pain explains, "Really doesn't have a meaning. His music is in a genre that's hard to define. "A lot of people tell me I don't know how big (famous) I am."įor the past three years, T-Pain has written, performed and produced an impressive amount of award-winning music, not only for himself, but also for many other R&B artists. Hip-Hop artist T-Pain's success is big and getting bigger. VOA's Larry London recently talked with T-Pain about his skyrocketing music career. That's on top of the MTV Video and Vibe music awards he won previously. He's just been nominated for five Grammy Awards.
Hip-Hop artist T-Pain is only 22 years old, and he has already produced more music than artists who've spent a lifetime in the entertainment field.
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