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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Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming a Features Editor, highlighting long-form content and interviews with some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, Amy Luciani, and Omerettà—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.

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