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 is a subculture and art movement developed by African-Americans and Latinos from the South Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s . 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 . His third album , Thr33 Ringz , was released in 2008 .