T-Pain’s Still Good For The Occasional Mayo Sandwich, Disappoints Me With His Regular-Guy Sneakers

First though, lemme back up. Yesterday I attended the VMA Media Forum, which is a big press event where tons of celebrities stampede through a room and essentially peddle their wares to herds of “terrestrial” radio DJs, bloggers (yay!), and other media types. Of the assorted motley crew of celebrities at the event, I spotted everyone from Colby O’Donis, to Tyga, Justin Nozuka, Donnie Klang, Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, Paris Hilton, and that bastion of class, “New York,” who snuck up on T-Pain for the most chaotic photo op I’ve ever seen, and I’ve met Girlicious.

Anyway, T-Pain turned an otherwise semi-placid press event into a one-man show. He clowned and joked his way from station to station, and at one station I definitely heard him proclaim “Mayo sandwiches are still a part of my life!”

Of his condiment craving, T-Pain elaborated: “My rider’s got like, Patrón and everything, but I don’t really touch that. It’s not really for me. I definitely gotta have mayo though!”

Boys and girls, T-Pain may be rockin’ Gucci, but deep down, he’s a Hellman’s man.

Oh, so another fantastically dichotomous thing about T-Pain — he indeed had on the Gucci mini manpack, full-framed Oakleys (not “the T-Pain Oakleys,” as his manager explained to me, but some big-ass shades nonetheless), and a full-on Willy Wonka hat, which he had custom-made for him by a haberdasher in London. And, of course, T had the neckpiece that probably cost more than that 12-pound hunk of junk Lil Jon calls “bling.” But what’s up with the New Balance sneakers? I’m sorry, but you’re all Candyland up top, regular-guy on the bottom. I expect more exciting footwear from you, T-Pain. Please, don’t let me down Sunday night.

Check out the vehicular options T-Pain’s carefully considering for his big VMA entrance, and see what he rolls up in on the VMA pre-show at 8pm Sunday, September 7.

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