Nigerians expressed mixed reactions to the recent news of American singer T-Pain being honored by his hometown, Tallahassee, for his contributions to the music industry.
In an event on Sunday, November 10, T-Pain was presented with keys to Tallahassee by Mayor John Dailey.
As part of the ceremony, Pasco Street, a portion of the road where T-Pain walked as a child from Nims Middle School to the Walker Ford Community Center, was officially renamed T-Pain Lane.
“Today, I had the incredible honor of presenting @TPain with the Key to the City in recognition of his contributions to music and his ongoing commitment to this community,” Dailey wrote via X.
The singer’s name has repeatedly trended on Nigerian social media space after President Bola Tinubu was recently nicknamed T-Pain, reflecting the economic hardship in the country.
A former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe also made a reaction to the nickname Nigerians gave Tinubu.
However, in a thread of Nigerians reaction to T-Pain’s achievement, some of the comments captured below;
kallykuhn: “We were trending Tpain and they taught it’s the real Tpain…they had to give him a street name…our pain has turned to someone’s glory.”
shakar_el: “Every disadvantage has an advantage.” oluwakemi._o: “When God decide to lift u up He will make Nigerians remember you.🙌 Nigerians are giant of Africa fr.”
egoumez_d: “One man’s misfortune is another man’s fortune. It is well oo.”
_adejoe_: “Make we tell TPAIN. Baba your song no popular anything. Na TINUBU dey cause us pain o.”
“Your namesake is in Nigeria 🇳🇬 my brother.” originalbclea: “Baba think to say he don dey reign here Although our T-pain na’m been the reigning king sha.”
