During a recent Twitch stream, T-Pain opened up about his earnings from his 2007 Epiphany hit, “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’).” The song was major at the time of its release, and continues to be a memorable token of the era. Fans would expect that the artist made a killing off the self-produced banger, but according to him, he didn’t make as much as one would expect.
In the clip, he reveals that “publishing-wise,” he made nearly nothing from the song. “So all those thing that I said in ‘Buy U a Drank’ that was from other songs, when ‘Buy U a Drank’ like blew up blew up, all them people and writers from them other songs they were owed sh*t from my song.” He continued, revealing that he was shocked by the realization. “I was like ‘what the f*ck,'” he explained, “I was like paying homage and sh*t.”
“‘I got money in the bank,’ Scrappy and his writers came for that,” he continued. “Or ‘Snap ya fingers/ Do ya step,’ Lil Jon and E-40 and everybody on that song came for me. They said this is ‘Our money in the bank.’” Are you surprised that “publishing-wise,” T-Pain made nearly nothing? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates on T-Pain.
