T-Pain recently shocked viewers when he revealed himself as the Monster [1] — and crowned winner — on Fox's competition show The Masked Singer [2]. Over the course of 10 episodes, the 33-year-old singer, rapper, and producer belted a number of tunes under his furry costume, including Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now," Sam Smith's "Stay With Me," and Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It."
Although T-Pain's musical career is heavily characterized by his use of auto-tune, longtime fans (and new ones) know that he doesn't really need any mechanized help when it comes to his vocals because he can actually sing. In fact, in a 2014 interview with NPR's program All Things Considered, he said that he didn't use auto-tune to sound good. "I was just using it to sound different," he explained.
From his popular set on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert [3] series to his beautiful rendition of the national anthem [4] at a Dodgers game, watch some of his best vocal performances as himself and the Monster ahead!
