During an episode of Netflix's series 'This Is Pop,' T-Pain describes an airplane conversation with usher which sparked his 4 year depression. He stated that during this flight R&B singer Usher told T-Pain he had f*cked up music for real singers.
'And then he was like, āYeah man you really fāāāed up music for real singers,'ā T-Pain recalls. āI was like, āWhat did I do? I came out and I used Autotune.ā He was like, āYeah, you fāāāed it up.ā Iām like, āBut I used it, I didnāt tell everybody else to start using it. That is the very moment, and I donāt even think I realized this for a long time, but thatās the very moment that started a four-year depression for me.ā
Im sure Usher did not mean to have this type of effect on T-Pain or his mental health. Usher has yet to respond to the viral clip.