T-Pain's School of Business and Why He's The Perfect Host For This Show

What do you call someone whose innovation has influenced some of the biggest names in music for over a decade? Steve Jobs or T-Pain.

T-Pain, born Faheem Rasheed Najm, rose to fame in 2005 with the release of his first hit “I’m sprung”. Since then, T-Pain’s signature use of Auto Tune has led him and other artists to longevity in their careers “You know back then I was the music Jesus man. You want to get saved come to the church of T-Pain and I’ll slam you a hook on there, and I’ll make sure you’re good for at least three more years, you’ll be fine” (Interview with Genius).

From Jamie Foxx’s Blame It On the Alcohol and Flo Rida’s “Low” to Dj Khaled’s crossover hit “All I Do Is Win”, and Kanye West “Good Life” a feature from T-Pain has helped songs stand the test of time while other hits become blasts from the past. Even his feature on “I’m On A Boat” feature on Lonely Island, Andy Sandberg’s group, led them from a Saturday Night Live sketch to a grammy nomination and in recent years, a Netflix Deal. 

After the release of his new album and the surprise victory on Fox’s The Masked Singer, T-Pain is bringing us Season 2 of Fuse’s “T-Pain School of Business. “T-Pain School Of Business is a show where T-Pain takes us into the world of startups and disruptors, revealing the most innovative and exciting players in the entrepreneurial game. “I want entrepreneurs that are starting out to learn from these stories,” he says, “I’m asking questions like ‘How did you come up with this idea? How many times did you fail?’ I’m learning with the audience.” 

It turns out, T-Pain is the perfect host for this type of show. No, not every line of his songs are like Jay Z’s wealth building bars and he isn’t a regular on business shows like NBC’s Shark Tank. But he has been investing in startups and innovators behind the scenes. While most of us wake up and check Instagram, T-Pain is logging into Kickstarter to look for people with passion looking for funding, “If somebody has passion for something and I can feel that passion and see that passion in their Kickstarter video, I’ll back it off of that. It’s not about the product for real. It’s about you believing in something so strongly that you are presenting it to the world because that’s a point in making the product that a lot of people don’t get to.” 

T-Pain’s School of Business returns to Fuse for season two on Tuesday, August 6 at 11 pm ET/PT.