Baby Post

T-Pain and his wife have welcomed a third child to their family. T-Pain was supposed to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live and had to cancel to be by Amber’s side.
They have a daughter, Lyriq and a son, Muziq. The new baby boy has yet to be named. Source
Congrats!
In Other Baby News… Word on the street is that rapper Twista got a pornstar named Pinky pregnant. Supposedly Pinkye went to the Core DJs Retreat X in Atlanta in April. While there, she was seen crying, some say over Twista.
They say that the two were involved in a sexual relationship resulting in a pregnancy. Pinky has only been in the porn game since ’06 but has already appeared in hundreds of videos. Source
Make the money Pinky, don’t let the money make you.

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Stripper Scares the Hell Outta T-Pain

T-Pain got a scare recently when his ex stripper lover showed up backstage at one of his concerts with kids in tow.
T-Pain, nee Faheem Naim, stole the stripper from his bro and had sex with her at a party. He never thought he’d see her again until she was introducing him to her kids. He tells Spin magazine, "She was like, 'Hey, I remember you. We did it (had sex) at a party... She had a couple of kids... It was weird.” Source
IIIIIILK! It’s one thing to be nasticle like that. But don’t expose your kids to your trickery ways. ILK!

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T-Pain Lands Deal with Apple and Hyundai

Apple and Hyundai are launching a new car called The Digital Genesis. The car will be unveiled across the US and feature music from rapper T-Pain. The car will come equipped with the following:
Two Mac minis
A Macbook Air
An iPod Touch
An iPhone
Two wireless keyboards that slide out of the rear of the front seats.
The starting price is around $30,000. Source
Who woulda thunk it? I mean I would expect a bigger name to team up with the likes of Apple and Hyundai but hey, I can’t hate. Nice move T-Pain!

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Nelly Forms Rap Group

Rapper Nelly has teamed up with fellow artists, Akon, T-Pain, and Pharrell Williams, for form some sort of rap super-group.
He told MTV.com, "Me, Akon, T-Pain and Pharrell are talking about doing a project. We got a host of things we're trying to do - possibly put together this new 2009 (Bell Biv DeVoe) type of thing."
Nelly isn't worried about conflicted schedules getting in the way of the collaboration either.
He adds, "I don't think you try to put things together with people you don't think you can accomplish (them) with. With 'Kon, with Pain and Pharrell, I know it's more about the music than anything. It's about leaving something. I think we're all OK as far as the money thing goes. I don't think anybody is hurting. You wanna do things you can be remembered by. Make a mark. I think that's something that's foremost on all our minds."
In contrast Pharrell wont say too much aobut the project. "Those are all my boys. I'm kinda like the only one that adheres to the oath of secrecy. I don't wanna break that," and refuses to reveal what direction the sound will take, adding, "Well, seeing as though I'm supposed to be upholding my end of the bargain of upholding my oath of secrecy, I'm not so sure of how to answer that question." Source
Hmm, a ‘super-group’? I don’t know if I would use those words. They’re all fine in their own right but I (personally) wouldn’t call any of them the second coming. The only thing I can say about them is that they all have pretty distinct styles so it might be interesting to see what they come up with.

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T-Pain Gets Taken to Church

T-Pain is pissing off a bunch of gospel fans because one of his latest songs called “Silver to Gold” is a secular version of the Kirk Franklin song of the same name. The song turns one of spiritual content to a song about getting crunk.

The lyrics go a little something like this:
"You'll be hanging, swanging, drinking two types of Patrón," he sings. "I done mixed up silver and gold/ I done mixed up silver and gold/ I'mma tryin' to get drunk before this party/ Somebody's gonna have to carry me home/ I done drank the silver and gold."
The gospel version goes: "Silver and gold/ Silver and gold/ I'd rather have Jesus than silver and gold/ No fame or fortune/ Nor riches untold/ I'd rather have Jesus than silver and gold."
T-Pain defends the song saying, "It was never supposed to be on my album. The record, it got leaked, then me and Kirk Franklin had to talk. He was doing most of the talking. He was saying it wasn't no disrespect. He was saying he knows how songs get leaked. He had it happen to him before. He said he wasn't a saint, and it wasn't like he never did nothing wrong. It's not like [Kirk] said I did something wrong. He said if I was gonna go with it, just change the melody. 'You can still say silver and gold.' He's got a lot of people saying stuff to him: 'How could you let T-Pain destroy a gospel song like that? How could let him talk about alcohol?' I wasn't even doing it for a mixtape or nothing. I was literally drinking and made a song. I was bored in the studio. There was nothing else to do. I made it into an alcoholic anthem, which wasn't good.”
"It spread so fast," he said. "Everybody thought it was the first single. Somebody was putting it out as 'the first single off of T-Pain's new album Pain or Pleasure.' Somebody was just making up an album name just so they can put it out. That's why my album isn't coming out on [my] birthday no more, because I had to push it back. We had to stop that song." Source

Yea, hindsight is a mofo ain’t it?

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