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 ...

There are few musical technologies that are as ubiquitous, maligned and misunderstood as Antares’ Auto-Tune. What was conceived in 1997 as a discrete tool for cleaning up vocals and optimizing the ...

T-Pain is opening up about how his iconic Auto-Tune music led to a dark time in his life. "Usher was my friend," T-Pain explained in the series. "I really respect Usher. And he was like, 'Man. I'm ...

Various decades have their musical signature, like the excessive use of synthesizers and hairspray in the 1980s pop music scene. Likewise, the early 2010s was marked by a fairly extreme use of ...

The following sentence might come as a huge shock to teens and Millennials, so stop tweeting for a second, kids, and get prepared for a totally outlandish statement. Here it is: Once upon a time, pop ...

Linda Diaz and Arthur Buckner uncover how Auto-Tune became THE in-demand tool for studios. Thanks to artists like T-Pain, Cher, and Kanye West, Auto-Tune went from being an industry secret to an ...

As he was interviewing artists and inventors for a six-part docuseries on the intersection of technology and music, Mark Ronson noticed a recurring theme of visionary artists taking technological ...

T-Pain put the world in the producer's chair by introducing Auto-Tune to the masses and now he wants to pull back the music industry's curtain even more. As the 37-year-old rapper gets comfortable in ...

In the new Netflix series, This Is Pop, T-Pain claims that Usher told him that his auto-tuned songs "f----- up music for real singers" Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE ...