Rapper T-Pain says Kanye West literally copied the entire swag from his 2005 smash hit album 'Rapper Ternt Sanga' for Yeezy's 2008 album 808s and Heartbreaks….
Asked about Rapper Ternt Sanga's influence T-Pain tells Billboard Mag,
“I would say as recent as [Kanye West’s] 808s & Heartbreak, which was a direct copy of Rappa Ternt Sanga. I’m not just being a d-ck saying that sh-t sounds a lot like mine. Like literally [Kanye] told me that he listened to Rappa Ternt Sanga and he made 808s & Heartbreak. He even brought me in to make it sound more like Rappa Ternt Sanga. [Laughs.] Something that I did that was directly copied got so many awards — that’s evidence right there. Rappa Ternt Sangais still relevant because the sound is still prevalent in the whole industry. It’s never gonna stop.”
“None of this wouldn’t be happening without Rappa Ternt Sanga or me as a whole entity, period. None of this whole sound of music and it’s not even just rap and R&B — it’s going into pop and techno and dubstep and everything. It’s all kinda came from me. I’m seeing cartoons using Auto-Tune. The crazy thing was if this didn’t come from me, then it would’ve been used a lot more before me. I’ve heard Cher use it, Jennifer Lopez use it then after I did it, the whole world came [onboard]. It’s like all these things happened until I did it.”
