In a recent social media post, T-Pain, a prominent figure in the music industry known for his distinctive use of auto-tune, addressed an old photo of Christina Aguilera wearing a controversial T-shirt ...

Let's get this out the way now: T-Pain pioneered the creative use of Auto-Tune in Hip Hop when he treated the pitch correction software as an expressive instrument rather than just a corrective tool.

American Idol has already run eight seasons. Since its debut in 2002, watching non-singers belting out of tune has become an amusing addiction. When Karaoke was introduced in the 80's from Japan, it ...

When I was a kid in the 1990s, Mariah Carey released one of the most popular songs from her catalog, “Hero.” As a tiny aspiring “Star Search” contestant, I brought it into my first day of voice ...

T-Pain has a rare distinction in music: When you think of one musical instrument, tool, or innovation, his name is the one that immediately comes to mind. Of course, this is due to him popularizing ...

According to the prophet Isaiah, grass withers, flowers fade, but God’s word endures. In the age of social media, so do the mistakes of church musicians. Play the wrong chord, forget the words to a ...

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. These are a few of ...

Wendy Williams and Beyoncé’s history spans back to the singer’s days with the R&B group, Destiny’s Child. When Williams left her lengthy radio career to become a television host, her comments about ...