WILMINGTON — Hip-hop artist T-Pain performed as part of Wilmington’s most celebrated springtime event.
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The first concert of the festival featured the hip-hop artist, with rising country singer-songwriter RVSHVD (pronounced Rashad) opening.
Faheem Rashad Najm, better known as T-Pain, took to the stage just after 9 p.m. He’s been attributed for popularizing Auto-Tune pitch correction in the hip-hop world, with artists like Kanye West and Snoop Dogg following suit.
T-Pain performed medleys of many of his top hits, which included “Two Step,” “The Stripper Song” and “Booty Work.”
“Black and Yellow,” “Blame It” and “All I Do is Win” were also performed, along with covers, such as “Tennessee Whiskey,” written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove and popularized by George Jones and Chris Stapleton, and “War Pigs” by Ozzy Osbourne.
The latter is featured on T-Pain’s 2023 release “On Top of the Covers,” featuring takes on his favorite music, such as Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”
Below are photos of the concert by MoonFrog Media by Tom Dorgan.
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