<p id=”par-1_82″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/hip-hop/?swcfpc=1″>Hip-hop</a> mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs worked with giants in the music industry before his arrest in September 2024. He rose to fame in the 1990s to 2000s. Unfortunately, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/inside-p-diddys-40-million-los-angeles-home-raided-homeland-security.html/”>the Homeland Security raids</a> on two of his properties and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/diddy-cassie-3-times-sean-combs-hypocrite.html/”>Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s allegations</a> shone light on his past. Now, in the wake of the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/wendy-williams-says-time-diddy-was-arrested.html/”>charges against Combs</a>, we’re looking at what others in the music industry had to say about working with him. Here’s what T-Pain said about his “discouraging” experience with Combs.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-t-pain-talked-about-his-painful-experience-working-with-sean-diddy-combs”>T-Pain talked about his painful experience working with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs</h2>
<p id=”par-2_63″>Sean “Diddy” Combs has a lot of experience working with music professionals in the industry — and that includes Faheem Rashad Najm, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/what-does-t-in-t-pain-stand-for.html/”>better known as T-Pain</a>. T-Pain rose to fame in 2005 at 21 years old and later worked with Combs. Unfortunately, T-Pain’s experience with Combs wasn’t easy. He explained the difficulties he experienced while on <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmr8X2Lgr2o” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen</a>.</em></p>
<p id=”par-3_31″>An interviewer asked T-Pain who the “biggest pain in the a**” to work with throughout his career was — and he answered that “it’s a fairly easy question” to answer. </p>
<p id=”par-4_52″>“I wouldn’t say pain in the a**, but Diddy was the most what he called motivating, and it was a little discouraging,” T-Pain explained. He went on to explain that he and Combs had a four-day recording session for one song, and Combs “would push” a process that T-Pain wouldn’t ordinarily follow.</p>
<p id=”par-5_67″>“He tried to get you outside of your box,” T-Pain said. “That’s a little hard to do in a few hours. But, he would just look for, you start something, I put one track on the beat, and he’d be like, ‘Nope, that’s not it, go to the next one.’ I’m like, ‘Well, I didn’t … wait until I get the idea.’ [He’s like], ‘Nope, next one.’”</p>
<p id=”par-6_39″>T-Pain reflected on Combs’ tendencies as ultimately helpful. “I think in the end, him being a pain in the a** kind of helped me be better with myself,” he reflected. “I push myself the way Diddy would push me.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-t-pain-said-he-once-tried-to-give-sean-diddy-combs-a-diamond-chain-but-combs-wouldn-t-take-it”>T-Pain said he once tried to give Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a diamond chain — but Combs wouldn’t take it</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-Diddy-Combs-T-Pain-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and T-Pain next to each other on stage in 2008. Combs is wearing a coat over a hoodie and T-Pain is wearing a short-sleeve shirt and a top hat.” class=”wp-image-3725366″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and T-Pain perform at Hero on Nov. 10, 2008, in New York City | Johnny Nunez/WireImage</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-7_39″>T-Pain has additional stories concerning his experience with Sean “Diddy” Combs. He explained on <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=751929605837926″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>AM Interviews</a> with Angie Martinez that he once offered Combs and other hip-hop stars a Ciroc diamond chain. However, none of them accepted it. </p>
<p id=”par-8_62″>T-Pain begins his story by explaining that he wore all-diamond chains representing Black-owned liquor companies — or so he thought. Later, he realized that the chains were not all from Black-owned companies. Later, he saw huge names in the hip-hop world, like Ludacris and Combs. “I’m trying to give them their respective chains,” he explained. ” … None of them take them.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_25″>“I guess he thought I was drunk — we were in the club,” T-Pain added. “So, he thought I was drunk just giving away chains.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-record-producer-called-the-hip-hop-mogul-a-boss-in-all-aspects”>The record producer called the hip-hop mogul ‘a boss in all aspects’</h2>
<p id=”par-10_75″>T-Pain had a lot of respect for Sean “Diddy” Combs as an established star in the hip-hop industry. While T-Pain said he had a difficult time working with Combs, he had nothing but respect for the mogul. During an interview with <em><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1184357915759400″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Genius Level</a></em>, T-Pain explained the time when Combs told him he’d pay him for using autotune on his album, “Last Train to Paris” — a technology he popularized. To T-Pain’s surprise, Combs did pay.</p>
<p id=”par-11_43″>“He stayed true to his word,” T-Pain said. “Diddy’s a boss in all aspects, so it turned into something that I can look back on and like, oh, OK, well somebody showed respect, somebody paid homage to it. It was a respect thing.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_11″>The musician has yet to speak out against Combs’ indictment. </p>
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