T-Pain Taps Kehlani For "I Like Dat" Banger

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He even chopped & screwed his "Buy You A Drank" classic for the collab.

You know you're iconic when you sample your own song 14 years later. Many of us witnessed T-Pain lament over his Instagram DM request folder and how he only recently discovered it existed. The music veteran shared a sneak peek at the hundreds of conversation requests from his fellow celebrities, many of them being artists that hit him up for a potential collaboration. Earlier this week, T-Pain hopped on Instagram Live to chat with a few of those people and even tapped Mark Zuckerberg to discuss a better way of filtering DMs.

During the Livestream, T-Pain also shared a split-screen with Kehlani and revealed that thanks to discovering those messages, they were able to connect for a collaboration, "I Like Dat." The pair of hitmakers previewed their single and on Friday (May 14), "I Like Dat" made its arrival. The single finds T-Pain reimagining his 2007 classic “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)" and proves that his hitmaking skills are still on point. Kehlani remarked that linking up with T-Pain was on her bucket list.

Stream "I Like Dat" featuring Kehlani and let us know what you think.

Quotable Lyrics

She don't do 9 to 5
Hundred thousand viewers on her IG live (Oh)
Huh (Huh), she do it (Do it)
Make a toast to it
You ain't never heard of that and the Birkin bag stupid
You ain't never heard her brag or say that she goin' through it
I just wanna tap it, tap it, boop, boop it one times
Ooh (Ooh), just give me one night, I can make her mine


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Erika Marie is a seasoned journalist, editor, and ghostwriter who works predominantly in the fields of music, spirituality, mental health advocacy, and social activism. The Los Angeles editor, storyteller, and activist has been involved in the behind-the-scenes workings of the entertainment industry for nearly two decades. E.M. attempts to write stories that are compelling while remaining informative and respectful. She's an advocate of lyrical witticism & the power of the pen. Favorites: Motown, New Jack Swing, '90s R&B, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, & Punk; Funk, Soul, Harlem Renaissance Jazz greats, and artists who innovate, not simply replicate.
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