T-Pain in San Francisco

T-Pain is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and producer born in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1984. His digitally treated vocal style became a hallmark of 2000s pop and hip-hop, heard on songs including “I’m Sprung,” “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” and “Bartender.” His early albums include Rappa Ternt Sanga and Epiphany. His 2014 NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert presented “Buy U a Drank,” “Up Down” and “Drankin’ Patna” in a voice-and-piano arrangement. In 2022, the Road to Wiscansin Tour led into Wiscansin Fest in Milwaukee, a festival created and headlined by T-Pain. The Escape from Wiscansin concert series followed in 2023.

Ari Lennox is an American R&B and neo-soul singer-songwriter, born in Washington, D.C., in 1991. A member of J. Cole’s Dreamville label, she released her debut album, Shea Butter Baby, in 2019 and followed it with age/sex/location. Her best-known songs include “Shea Butter Baby,” recorded with J. Cole, and “Pressure.” She took the Shea Butter Baby Tour across North America in 2019 and opened selected dates for Lizzo on the Cuz I Love You Too Tour that year. In 2023, she returned to theatres across North America and Europe for the Age/Sex/Location Tour.