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One of the year’s most unexpected collaborations has come to fruition, with T-Pain teaming up with Mark Zuckerberg to deliver an acoustic version of Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz’s “Get Low”.
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News of the nascent cover broke on Tuesday (Nov. 12) when the Facebook founder took to his Instagram Story to share a picture of the pair together with the caption, “It’s happening guys.” T-Pain later shared the same picture, referring to Zuckerberg as “Z” while claiming, “It is time…”
Now, the fruits of their labor have been revealed, with the pair releasing a cover of “Get Low” under the musical moniker Z-Pain.
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Originally released in 2002 as the third single from Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz’s album Kings of Crunk, “Get Low”, it became the breakthrough single for the group, charting internationally, and peaking at No. 2 on both the Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, and topping the Hot Rap Songs chart.
In a post shared to Instagram, Zuckerberg revealed that he had collaborated with T-Pain on the track to serve as an anniversary present for his wife, Priscilla Chan.
“‘Get Low’ was playing when I first met Priscilla at a college party, so every year we listen to it on our dating anniversary,” Zuckerberg wrote. “This year I worked with @tpain on our own version of this lyrical masterpiece. Sound on for the track and also available on Spotify. Love you P ❤️”
The unlikely relationship between Zuckerberg and T-Pain has been forged over the past few years, with the former even appearing in one of the musician’s livestreams on Instagram in May 2021.
Earlier this year, the Florida singer gifted Zuckerberg a Nappy Boy Meta chain in July. The tech giant posted a video of him putting on the chain and calling it, “a vibe,” and posted a caption, saying: “Thanks @tpain for the epic new chain. Perfect opportunity to show how the new Segment Anything AI research model we’re releasing today can track different objects in the same video. Lots of fun video effects will be possible with this.”
On Sunday (Nov. 10), T-Pain was also honored by his hometown of Tallahassee, with Mayor John Dailey awarding him both the Keys to the City, and cemented the musician’s status as one of the city favorite’s songs by renaming Pasco Street to T-Pain Lane.
Florida musician T-Pain has well and truly put his hometown on the map, and now the city of Tallahassee have returned the favor.
In a ceremony held on Sunday (Nov. 10), Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey awarded T-Pain (whose stage name is derived from the phrase “Tallahassee Pain”) with both the Keys to the City, and cemented the musician’s status as one of the city favorite’s songs with a street dedication.
As part of the ceremony, Pasco Street – a portion of road which the Tallahassee Democrat notes he walked as a child from Nims Middle School to the Walker Ford Community Center – has officially been renamed T-Pain Lane.
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“Today, I had the incredible honor of presenting @TPain with the Key to the City in recognition of his contributions to music and his ongoing commitment to this community,” Dailey wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “As a hometown hero, T-Pain has inspired countless fans and artists worldwide, and we’re proud to call him one of our own.
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“To further celebrate his legacy, we named ‘T-Pain Lane’ in his honor. Thank you, T-Pain for making us #TallahasseeProud!”
Hours after the ceremony, T-Pain also took part in a performance at the Adderley Amphitheater for the Tallahassee bicentennial celebration, where he showcased tracks from his decades-long career.
“Everything that went on today was just a dream come true,” T-Pain told the gathered crowd.
Recently, T-Pain was also announced as one of the many performers set to appear at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov. 28.
Appearing as part of the event’s 98th anniversary, the parade will also feature the likes of Jimmy Fallon & The Roots, Chlöe and The War and Treaty as those performing this year, with the lineup also featuring Bishop Briggs, Kylie Cantrall, Dan + Shay, Dasha, Coco Jones, Walker Hayes, Ariana Madix, Joey McIntyre, Idina Menzel, Natti Natasha, Rachel Platten, Lea Salonga, The Temptations, Alex Warren, Sebastián Yatra, Charli D’Amelio and Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia.
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