<p>When the Vine-driven &#8220;Nasty Freestyle&#8221; tore up the charts in 2014, it had a lot of fans who were old enough to remember <a href="/profile/LilWayne" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Wayne</a> and <a href="/profile/TPain" class="text-word" target="_blank" >T-Pain</a>&#8217;s collaborations asking: &#8220;How can this guy just go ahead and call himself <a href="/profile/t-wayne" class="text-word" target="_blank" >T-Wayne</a>?&#8221;</p>
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<p>This reaction was of course inspired by Lil Wayne and T-Pain&#8217;s promise to release a full collaborative project called <em>T-Wayne. </em>However, due to label conflicts, it had been a good 5 years since the announcement of the album with no hope in sight &#8212; more or less giving the <em>new</em> T-Wayne a pass.</p>
<p>This week, T-Pain <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/t-pain-and-lil-wayne-t-wayne-album-stream-new-mixtape.117184.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">decided to release the album</a> (or at least a version of it) for stream. The surprise drop gave fans a satisfying dose of nostalgia, but also, a renewed resentment for the <em>other</em> T-Wayne, at least according to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/05/20/t-wayne-rapper-album-lil-wayne-t-pain-name-hate/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a statement the rapper made to TMZ</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting a whole lot of backlash for no reason. I didn&#8217;t choose for my name to be T-Wayne,&#8221; he argued, explaining the origin of his moniker. &#8220;My first name and my middle name put together &#8212; that&#8217;s just how I was born.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Fans have been coming at me like &#8216;you need to change your name. Your career is done. Don&#8217;t try to compare yourself to legends,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to stop my world just because somebody dropped an album that ain&#8217;t got nothing to do with me that just use my name. I&#8217;mma keep my name as T-Wayne&#8230; but it&#8217;s no beef or nothin&#8217; like that.&#8221;<br><br>T-Wayne had previously joked about &#8220;adding his verse&#8221; to the project following the announcement Wednesday.</p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BUN6VzQFgAI" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/p/BUN6VzQFgAI</a>
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<p>Is there room for two T-Waynes? Listen to Lil Wayne and T-Pain&#8217;s new project <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/t-pain-and-lil-wayne-t-wayne-album-stream-new-mixtape.117184.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> and let us know.</p><br><h2>T-Pain and Lil Wayne</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/63/00/1495290063_b38d7dfff83698caa21267b15a1bed40.jpg" alt="Rapper T-Wayne Defends His Name Following Backlash From T-Pain &amp; Lil Wayne Fans"></figure>

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