The New York Times

A Cancer Surgery and the Pain I Didn’t Want to Face

A shocking diagnosis led a writer to focus on the dispassionate medical details, until his body jolted him into confronting what he hadn’t. By Ethan Hauser Ethan Hauser is an editor on the Culture ...
CounterPunch

Pain: My Least Favorite Teacher

Can I turn pain into wisdom? I suppose that’s what I’m trying to do right now, as I sit with a notebook on my lap. I’m not feeling optimistic that I’ll succeed. One of the inconveniences in my life ...
Newsweek

My ‘Sprained Ankle’ Wouldn’t Heal—I Had To Fight To Get the True Diagnosis

In September 2024, I was working as a server at a restaurant; I came home after a shift one night and had a weird feeling in my right ankle. That night, I woke up in a lot of pain. My ankle had ...
Black Enterprise

Paying Homage To 2 Artists Cost T-Pain Some Publishing Money

Using lyrics from Lil Scrappy and Lil Jon in his hit 2007 song, "Buy U a Drank," made T-Pain's bankroll a little smaller. Florida recording artist T-Pain told Shannon Sharpe that he learned the perils ...
Hip-Hop Wired

T-Pain Says Nobody Is His Bro In The Game, Including DJ Khaled

T-Pain recently reflected on one of the most important lessons from his career. During a sitdown with Shannon Sharpe, the Tallahassee superstar found out industry peers were never his friends. The ...
Yahoo

T-Pain Doesn’t Hold The Publishing And Masters Rights Of ‘Buy U A Drank,’ But Here’s How Much He Earns From Performing The Single

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a recent interview, T-Pain shared he could have made more money from his hit song, “Buy U A Drank.” In 2007, “Buy U A Drank” ...
The Source Magazine

T-Pain Says His Bugatti Purchase Wiped Bank Account And He Didn’t Realize It

T-Pain shared one of the most painful financial lessons of his career during a sit-down on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay. The artist opened up about a moment when success and spending collided, ...
The Grio

‘Nobody is you brother:’ T-Pain calls out DJ Khaled and fake relationships in the music industry

T-Pain had to get some things off his chest. During a sitdown with Shannon Sharpe for Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, the former Masked Singer winner and one of the more popular singers of his ...
Complex

T-Pain Clarifies That He Didn't Say 'F*ck DJ Khaled' in Interview: 'It's Still Love'

T-Pain points to his working relationship with DJ Khaled as a perfect example of why artists shouldn't blindly trust the word "brother." During a candid conversation on Club Shay Shay with Shannon ...
Rolling Stone

T-Pain Finally Drops ‘The Boots With the Fur’… And They’re Crocs

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. We love it when musicians actually practice what they ...
Tallahassee Democrat

T-Pain hosts free block party on T-Pain Lane in Tallahassee before Civic Center concert

T-Pain returned home, nearly a year after his last Tallahassee performance, with a reunion that shut down a segment of Tallahassee's southside. This time he hosted a block party on his very own, ...
The Source Magazine

T-Pain Brings the Party Home to Tallahassee as “Club Husband” Takes Over Socials

T-Pain is bringing the vibes straight back to where it all began. The hitmaker returned to his hometown of Tallahassee, Florida, for a massive block party celebrating both his latest single “Club ...