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Ozzy Osbourne Anoints T-Pain As His New Prince of Darkness

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With apologies to your teenage self playing in the garage on the weekends, Ozzy Osbourne and his generals have gathered in their masses and determined: This shit rocks. As part of his 2023 album On Top of the Covers, T-Pain and his backing band debuted a live version of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs†in December, a performance that finally found itself in Osbourne’s eyelined orbit on January 10. (For those unaware of how good of a non-auto-tuned voice T-Pain has: Welcome, but also, where have you been?) “This is the best cover of ‘War Pigs’ ever,†Osbourne wrote of the seven-minute swagger opus. “Why didn’t you guys call me?†Yes, great question. “You’re always invited. Top of the list, every time! Thank you so much,†T-Pain responded. “Means a lot coming from the greatness himself.†Don’t worry, no bats were harmed here, go and enjoy.

Ozzy Osbourne Anoints T-Pain As His New Prince of Darkness