With the roles of singer, songwriter, rapper and a record producer on his list of talents, and having worked with some of the biggest rap acts in the world including B.o.B, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West to name a few, T-Pain is nothing short of an enigma within the hip hop world. Internationally renowned for his use and normalisation of auto-tune in his singing, even taking credit for other rappers use of the feature - most notably Kanye in his iconic 808s and Heartbreaks album - the lyrical star is a master of production. Following the release of his new album Oblivion last year, which features guest spots from the likes of Ne-Yo and Ty Dolla $ign,

T-Pain takes his sound on the road, where he’ll be headlining Manchester’s O2 Ritz on Tuesday 3rd July.

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