T-Pain Says "Racism" Stopped Him From Taking Credits On Country Songs

Publish date: 2024-07-10

T-Pain may be responsible for more hits than already known. In an Instagram upload on Tuesday (Jan. 30), the musician shared that there are songs he refused to take public recognition for, and with fair reasoning.

“Good music is good music. I don’t give a f**k where it come from or what style it come in. All the people I know feel like it’s not cool to listen to other genres of music,” explains the 39-year-old to viewers. He continued to be more specific about his exploration of various genres.

“Country music is where I get all my harmonies. Country and gospel music, that’s where all my harmonies come from.”

The Florida native continued to explain his involvement with country music goes beyond his harmonies, however, he refuses to be listed in certain song credits.

“I done wrote a lot of country songs. Stopped taking credit for it because as cool as it is to see your name in those credits and sh*t like that, the racism that comes after it is just like… I’ll just take the check. Don’t put me on that sh*t, I’ll just take the check, bro,” he revealed.

Fans of T-Pain are aware of his success in pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B, and recently, his covers of other music styles have made waves. In December 2023, the Florida native went viral with a performance of “I Don’t Want To Be” by Gavin DeGraw, who praised the showcase.

The song, as performed by T-Pain, is featured on his latest release On Top Of The Covers (Live From The Sun Rose). On the album, the “Can’t Believe It” singer delivered his take on records by Sam Smith, Luther Vandross, Montell Jordan, and more.

“For all the people who wanted an album of me singing live, this is my holiday gift to you. For the Tiny Desk & Masked Singer fans & everyone in between, you ain’t heard nothing yet. Thank you all for supporting me through this wild journey,” wrote the producer on X at the project’s release.

Check out the project below.

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