T-Pain, DeJ Loaf, Metro Boomin & Missy Elliott Have Been In The Studio Together

Whatever they're working on, it's going to be big. T-Pain's Stoicville: The Phoenix album has been long in the making, but from the looks of it, the project will be worth the wait. Pain did some flexing on Twitter and Instagram yesterday, revealing that he'd just wrapped a studio session with the powerful team of Metro Boomin, DeJ Loaf, and Missy Elliott. It's not clear where this super-collab will end up, but seeing as it was Pain who delivered the news, were hoping it'll be on his project, and that we'll be hearing it sooner than later. Then again, we could also see it landing on Missy's impending project. From the headwear selection alone, T-Pain's pic with Metro and Missy seems to indicate something special was brewing at that session.

Metro Boomin Explains The Origin Of His "If Young Metro Don't Trust You" Tag

Kanye West couldn't get enough of it. If you're a rap fan, there's no way you're not familiar with Metro Boomin's latest producer tag, "If Young Metro don't trust you they gon' shoot you," which has appeared both on Future and Drake's "Jumpman," and -- even more prominently -- on Kanye West's "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1". If you're a big enough Future fan, you'll know that the phrase was first uttered on Uncle Murda's "Right Now," which featured Future, but according to Metro, who discussed it with DJ Drama recently, the vocal he isolated didn't actually appear on the track. "I’ve been using that as a tag in beats since about August," he said. "Jumpman," before the song was recorded, that beat already said that. We had did this one with Uncle Murda one time, and one of the lines that Future said in there was 'If “young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gonna shoot you.' When he said that it had a different tone, but I remember when we were in the studio he had another tone, which is the one that’s the tag that was just like muted. I just made sure to go back on the session and just get it and just go HAM with it.” As far as how the tag ended up on Kanye's album, Metro said that Ye couldn't get enough of it in the studio. "I had a sense that he liked it," he said, "because we were in the studio before, and you know the Kanye dance he does when he's doing his thing? he was just going crazy doing that and saying "Young Metro don't trust you..."

Metro Boomin Writes Letter Remembering Bankroll Fresh

"They took my brother Fresh and I'm hurt right now." News of the death of Bankroll Fresh Friday night has had the rap world in mourning this weekend, with many friends, fans, and collaborators sharing their condolences on social media following reports of the shooting outside his Atlanta studio. After sharing some thoughts on Twitter, Metro Boomin decided to elaborate on his feelings of loss on Instagram, posting a heartfelt ode to his friend. "They took my brother Fresh and I'm hurt right now. very hurt," he shared. "Hurt is the only thing that's been on my mind and heart since I was in magic last night. hurt was on my mind and heart when I woke up this morning. u always wanted to see niggas do good and be good. u used to tell us that once you good then we good and that you would do things the right way and not like the rest of these niggas. I'm hurt that this music shit has made everything so different and affected all of my personal relationships because of the high demand of work and the stress. but you were one of the few niggas that understood and still gave full support." The producer later went into the distance that grew between himself and Fresh as they both found success, and stressed the importance of spending time with friends and family while they're still here. "I miss how fun and natural this shit used to be, before it felt like as much of a job as it does now. I miss recording songs at the house all night and u would just stay and sleep on the couch because you wanted to win as bad as I wanted to win. I hate how we did less and less as we both were getting more and more success. we were both so busy and never could even be in town at the same time anymore. But through that you were still genuinely happy for me as much as I was for you. I've worked so much over the years and neglected my personal life so much that I feel alone at times now. I shoulda been there and you shoulda been here. I didn't even wanna do all this Instagram typing shit but Love your family and friends and never take them for granted. Call them and stop texting and tweeting all the fucking time. I'm only 22 and still growing and learning life. Fuck all that sad shit tho man I love u bra and will always appreciate your love support from day1."