T-Pain Slams Anyone Claiming There's A "New T-Pain": I "Had Too Many #1 Records"

BYAron A.Updated on September 26, 20226.4K Views

T-Pain attends the BET Hip Hop Awards 2019 at Cobb Energy Center on October 05, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.

There's only one T-Pain.

There's a few artists from the 2000s that completely shifted the way music is today. One of them is T-Pain. Although his use of auto-tune was heavily criticized with many using that as an excuse to discredit his actual singing chops, it didn't take long for the biggest artists in the game, like Lil Wayne and Kanye West, to take a page from the iconic hitmaker's book.

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These days, T-Pain, as a solo artist, isn't as commercially successful as he once was but he hasn't vanished at all. That being said, it's hard to have a "new T-Pain" in the game since the original is already here. On top of that, whoever claims that title has to have the resume to back it up. Pain reminded everyone this earlier today on Twitter.

"Bro. Just because somebody has 2 songs YOU like does NOT mean they are “tHe NeW tPaIn”. I been doing this shit for way too long and done saved too many other artists careers and done had too many #1 records for a nigga wit a hot single to be the new me," he wrote with a laughing emoji. "Chill bro."

The tweet appears to be in reference to another tweet that went viral earlier this week. After someone tweeted Smino that he's the "new T-Pain," Smino reminded them that T-Pain is this generation's T-Pain and that won't change.

Peep the tweets below.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1189229412857929730
https://twitter.com/_/status/1189236191620685824
https://twitter.com/_/status/1189260305257451521

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Aron A.

Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.