HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gustavo Caballero / Getty T-Pain put all racists playing Call of Duty on notice. The “Rappa Ternt Sanga” let them know if you gonna call him the n-word, you’re going to pay for it in the game. And he took it personally. All Black gamers experience racism when playing their favorite video games online, even celebrities. Call of Duty is notorious for racist trash talk from Caucasian gamers who become very brave and say many things they definitely wouldn’t say to a Black person’s face while playing online. T-Pain, an avid gamer for those who didn’t know, is no stranger to racism while gaming and experienced it during a recent match, and he handled it in the most satisfying way ever. In the video, his white opponents can clearly be heard saying “f*** Black li...
Back in 2015, RL Grime tweeted that T-Pain “predicted everything.” However, we don’t think anyone, including the famed “Can’t Believe It” singer, could’ve predicted a collab between the two. Fast-forward to today, when T-Pain took to Twitter to tease a collaboration with RL Grime, who remains one of the most profile producers in trap music. T-Pain was cryptic in his word choice, only writing, “I killed it bro.” RL Grime’s annual Halloween mix is approaching, of course, so fans can hold out hope that T-Pain contributed either to the introduction or an entirely new track. Just like our friends over at Your EDM, we are hyped. It’s a long shot, but we’re going to go ahead and imagine they made a song in a mansion in W...
Akon has stood the test of time as not only a generational artist, but also an impactful entrepreneur whose influence has permeated beyond the music industry. In the time between his breakthrough 2004 hit “Locked Up” and the news that he was developing a $6 billion cryptocurrency-run futuristic city in Senegal, his many contributions were innumerable. In a new interview with VladTV, the iconic singer and record producer discussed a number of topics at length, including his relationship with longtime collaborator and fellow contemporary music icon T-Pain. They even discussed the time Nelly tried to persuade the “Bartender” artists to form a supergroup with Pharrell Williams. It was Akon’s insightful comments about T-Pain’s progression through th...