Rockstar banned T-Pain from playing GTA Online RP while he works on GTA 6, then bought the RP mod ma

Here are two things I learnt today. One, T-Pain—of Buy U a Drank fame—is working on in some capacity. Two, he's a major GTA Online roleplay fan, and can often be spotted hanging out on the popular .

Or at least, that used to be the case. In a recent Twitch stream, T-Pain mentioned that his work on GTA 6 had actually gotten in the way of his GTAO double life. "I used to be [on NoPixel]," T-Pain told the audience, "and then, how about this shit? I used to be on NoPixel, then I started working on… GTA 6, and [Rockstar] told me I couldn't do RP anymore."

"They had this whole speech, like, 'What if somebody [[link]] took your album and re-recorded it, and more people were listening to that?'" elaborated T-Pain, suggesting Rockstar felt more than a little prickly about unofficial mods of its games. Either way, T-Pain was gracious: "Okay, I kinda [[link]] get that," said the rapper, [[link]] "but I was having a good time!"

So it seems like Rockstar just didn't want a big celebrity publicising unsanctioned and unofficial servers, especially if that celebrity was appearing in an official Rockstar product. 

The irony is, of course, that Rockstar's position eventually changed. Last year, , which makes the mods on which servers like NoPixel are based. T-Pain noticed. "Then they teamed up with the people that make the RP shit!" he chuckled, prompting a stunned "Wow" from one of his on-stream companions.

"I'm like, 'Wait a minute, what!? What the fuck!?'" continued T-Pain, laughing, "Y'all told me I couldn't do this shit then y'all teamed up with the people that enable the RP shit to happen? Anyways, whatever."

To be fair, T-Pain doesn't seem too put out by the whole situation, and takes it all in good humour. I have to imagine that's helped by what must be a fairly hefty paycheque from Rockstar, but still, it's quite funny that the most self-consciously inscrutable major game company is baffling even its own celebrity hires. I suppose he only has to wait until 2025—when GTA 6 is scheduled to hit shelves—before he can get back to RPing his heart out.