T-Pain Accuses Kanye West of Stealing One of His "Corny Lines"

"He was like, 'Don't ever say anything like that'"

BY Megan LaPierrePublished Sep 8, 2021

Rapper and spearheading AutoTune artist T-Pain has claimed that Kanye West stole a lyric from him for 2010's My Dark Twisted Fantasy after saying that it was "corny."

T-Pain made the accusation on a recent Twitch livestream from September 1, recounting the story of when he wanted West's opinion on his Prevolver mixtape.

"Let me talk about a time that one of my corny lines got stolen," T-Pain said to begin his storytime. "I couldn't believe it. Kanye stole one of my corny lines after he told me it was corny."

Our tale takes place back around a decade ago. "I was working on [West and Jay-Z's] Watch the Throne and I was so proud of my new mixtape that I had coming. And it was mostly rap," T-Pain explained. "I was showing Kanye my shit to be like, 'Is this good rap?' I really wanted his fucking opinion."

"On one of the songs, I said, 'I got beef like two burgers / You n****s win slow and I'm smarter than Steve Urkel,'" referencing the '90s sitcom Family Matters. "Corny as fuck. I knew it was corny when I said it!"

The line appears on T-Pain's track "Danger," and then goes on to appear again on West's "Dark Fantasy." Well, kind of.

"[West] was like, 'Don't ever say anything like that,'" the rapper continued, "Then after that, one of his bars was, 'Too many Urkels on your team / That's why your wins low.' And I was like, 'Did this n**** try to get me to not say my shit so he could say it?'"

T-Pain added: "So this is why I say corny lines — 'cause in my heart, I know they're corny. But if the right person says it, it's not corny anymore apparently. When a n**** getting lifted to the fucking ceiling like a God with a light shining down on him and y'all n****s is paying $50 for fucking chicken fingers to listen to a fucking unfinished album," clearly referring to West's series of chaotic listening parties prior to the release of his new album Donda.

Those chicken fingers certainly aren't free of beef.

In a recent episode of Banger Films' limited series This is Pop, T-Pain also recounted slipping into a depression after Usher told him he "fucked up" music.

Watch the clip from the Twitch stream below.

West recently got completely owned by Peppa Pig — maybe she and T-Pain should consider teaming up for the ultimate takedown and really go ham?

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