T-Pain ended his “Road to Wisconsin Tour” this past Saturday with the inaugural Wiscansin Festival in Milwaukee. At the festival, he performed a remix to “Death Of Auto-Tune”, which was a response to Jay-Z’s 2009 single.
Back in August of 2021, Complex reported that Pain felt attacked by Jay upon his 2009 release of “Death Of Auto-Tune.” The song was known to degrade artists who used this advanced voice-changing software. In the song HOV raps, “You n***as singin’ too much/Get back to rap, you T-Painin’ too much.”
The debut of D.O.A. Remix in the Wiscansin Music Festival.
In an interview with co-hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN from Drink Champs, pain stated he wrote the “Death of Auto-Tune” remix last year. He added the song will be the introduction to his upcoming album. On stage at the festival in Milwaukee, he raps,
“They tried to get rid of me, now their knees hurt. Shook! Who say they tryna brawl with Tylenol? You know you missed me, you ain’t fucking with them guys at all. Foot in the dope crack, they say they need mo’ crack. They asking for pain relief so I guess the boy’s back.”
T-Pain also said he made the track in Vegas after being criticized by Jay-Z fans. He admitted the criticism got so bad that he ended the show early and tried to drink himself to death.
“I made the record after I did a show in Vegas and everybody in the crowd was like, ‘JAY-Z killed you, bro!’ I was like, ‘All right, I’m never doing shows again!’ And it’s all, like, bros, it’s all white boys with their shirts off and shit. ‘JAY-Z, it’s the Roc, bro. Fuck you, bro!… I ended the show early and then I just tried to drink myself to death, I was just ready to go man. I went in the studio and started recording the record.”
June 11th, T-Pain Day!
Last November, FM Hip Hop reported that the rapper was also accused by Usher for ruining music. Despite what other rappers believe, T-Pain remains a legend and continues to strive as he was also honored with his own day in the state of Wisconsin during the festival. Kalan Haywood, a state representative, brought tears to the artists eyes as she honored him with a proclamation recognizing June 11 as “T-Pain Day.”
