Singer T Pain has opened up on ho comments about him using auto tune to make music from Usher that sent him into depression.
The Bartender singer recalled in a podcast set to be aired on Netflix below, that after a conversation with Usher on a plane in 2013, Usher told him ‘he fu*ked up music leading to a four-year depression.
In a new clip from the Netflix series This Is Pop, the singer talks about his encounter with Usher on a flight to the BET Awards. While he was sleeping, a flight attendant woke him up and explain that Usher wanted to speak with him.
“Usher was my friend,” T-Pain said. “I really respect Usher. And he said, ‘I’m gonna tell you something, man. You kinda fucked up music.’”
He said that Usher then added, “‘Yeah man you really fucked up music for real singers.’ I was like, ‘What did I do? I came out and I used Auto-Tune.’ He was like, ‘Yeah, you fucked it up.’ I’m like, ‘But I used it, I didn’t tell everybody else to start using it.’”
That moment set off a battle with depression. Jay Z is also reported to have made comments about using auto tune.
