T-Pain

AGE: 23
OCCUPATION: Musician, producer
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: He championed the use of Auto-Tune, the pitch-manipulation software that makes singers sound like robots with a nasal drip. Now it's a staple of hip-hop and R&B singles.

CON: The Auto-Tune sound long ago lapped the point of self-parody.

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