T-Pain ‘Claiming Inspiration’ for Kanye West and Lil Pump’s “I Love It” Beat

I guess before weekend, a response from Kanye West may be an indication to a #kinda Cardi and Nicki fight within these men. After Kanye West debuted a Roblox-inspired music video for his new song “I Love It” with Lil Pump at the Pornhub awards, some fans noticed similarities with an instrumental that T-Pain had previously shared on social media.

So why does Kanye’s song with lil Pump sounds like @TPAIN instrumental he made a while back 🤔 🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/doHWRb5BiF

— ✏️King_Mufasa™ (@1KING_MUFASA) September 9, 2018

Acknowledging the similarities, T-Pain wrote back to a fan on Twitter and said “Dude I legit JUST told my wife this.” Then he revealed that he had recently worked with Kanye in New York and left the beat with a producer at the session. “Not saying he snatched but I’m claiming inspiration,” T-Pain tweeted.

Dude I legit JUST told my wife this. I went to work with him in New York and left that beat with his producer. Not saying he snatched but I’m claiming inspiration 😂

— T-Pain (@TPAIN) September 9, 2018

In a second tweet, T-Pain added, “I can’t have nothin.” If the laughing emoji he included is anything to go on, the 32-year-old artist doesn’t seem to be angry about the situation, though.