T-Pain has responded to critics of his ‘Get Low’ collab with Mark Zuckerberg.
The unlikely musical duo released an acoustic cover of Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz’s classic earlier this week. The track – which has officially been released on streaming platforms with the pair credited as Z-Pain – was recorded as an anniversary present from Zuckerberg to his wife Priscilla.
He wrote, explaining on Instagram: “‘Get Low’ was playing when I first met Priscilla at a college party, so every year we listen to it on our dating anniversary.”
The Meta owner continued: “This year I worked with @tpain on our own version of this lyrical masterpiece. Sound on for the track and also available on Spotify. Love you P ❤️”
Although most found it an endearing gift, there was equal criticism, particularly given Zuckerberg’s billionaire status.
Shortly after the release of the song, many took to X/Twitter to express their discomfort, with one writing: “The world is trying to run a PR cleanup job on Mark Zuckerberg to make him into this redeemed, kind and relatable guy and I will not have it.”
T-Pain has since responded to it on Instagram, writing: “It is impossible for some people to have fun. I’ve learned how to not worry about what y’all are talking about. Why y’all hate happiness so much? Y’all don’t like when people do wholesome things, y’all don’t like when people do stuff for their wives.
“Motherfuckers actually doing something good in their god damn life then all of a sudden, I need to distance myself?” he asked.
“Shut the hell up! Shut up! What the fuck you doing on your phone right now, looking at T-Pain? How the fuck did you just see all three of these videos? That’s three minutes of your motherfucking time you could have been actually doing this shit you said you ain’t have time [for].”
To concluded, the ‘Bartender’ rapper said: “Y’all way too serious”, and urged his fiercest critics to “go climb a tree.”
T-Pain then followed up with another post, telling his followers: “It’s a great day to frolic and listen to Get Low by Z-Pain” as the two spun around a field.
The acoustic take on the 2002 track had hints of a country twang – something that T-Pain’s admittedly been involved in for awhile now. Earlier this year, he revealed that he has left his name off writing credits for country songs due to “the racism that comes after it”.
“Good music is good music. I don’t give a fuck where it comes from or what style it comes in,” he said, explaining where he draws influences from. “All the people I know feel like it’s not cool to listen to other genres of music. Country music is where I get all my harmonies.”
He continued: “I done wrote a lot of country songs [but] I stopped taking credit for it because as cool as it is to see your name in those credits and shit like that, the racism that comes after it is just like, ‘I’ll just take the check. Don’t put me on that shit. I’ll just take the check, bro. Nevermind, dude.’”
