During story-time on one of the producer’s live streams, T-Pain told the story of the time Travis Scott ditched him. Obviously, T-Pain has been a legend in the hip-hop scene for years, and to many, he laid the foundation for much of rap vocals in today’s era.
T-Pain was arguably the first hip-hop artist to flourish while using auto-tune and pitch correction software on his vocals. Artists like Travis Scott have since ushered in a new era where auto-tuned vocals are the norm.
T-Pain, and many others, have argued that he definitely played a role in the popularity of the technique today, which is now commonly featured in rap vocals as an effect, rather than as a pitch-correction technique.
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