T-Pain Covers Sam Cooke's "Change Is Gonna Come," Performs New Material

One of T-Pain’s best covers, period.

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T-Pain and NPR Music are definitely starting to show some serious chemistry. T-Pain has served up many impresive performances for NPR, and now he’s setting his sights on Sam Cooke’s “Change Is Gonna Come” for his latest live cover. Taking the stage at NPR’s Washington, D.C. building, T-Pain celebrates the tenth anniversary of his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga with one of his best live covers yet and some live renditions of his past hits. Sam Cooke would be proud. You can check out the full NPR performance above.

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