T-Pain is a rapper.
`` Bartender '' is an R&B / hip-hop song by T-Pain , Co-written by Ali Noordin and the official second single from his second album , Epiphany . Hip hop . While people unfamiliar with hip hop culture often use the expression `` hip hop '' to refer exclusively to hip hop music ( also called `` rap '' ) , hip hop is characterized by anywhere from four to nine distinct elements or expressive realms , of which hip hop music is only one element . Rappa Ternt Sanga is the debut studio album by American rapper , singer-songwriter and record producer T-Pain ; it was released on December 6 , 2005 . T-Pain . T-Pain has also released a string of hit singles , including `` I 'm Sprung '' , `` I 'm 'n Luv ( Wit a Stripper ) '' , `` Buy U a Drank ( Shawty Snappin ' ) '' , `` Bartender '' , `` Ca n't Believe It '' , `` 5 O'Clock '' and more .