On an episode of The Breakfast Club, T-Pain recalled being "mega-rich," losing it all, and then becoming wealthy again. The singer once had $40 million in the bank, but bad real estate investments and poor spending decisions — like buying a Bugatti and returning it five months later for $400,000 less than he paid — left him broke. "I had to borrow money to get my kids Burger King," he said.
He explained that at this point in his life, he's no longer chasing the money. "That $40 million — I was hustling, I needed to be on everybody's record and every record gotta go No. 1, I gotta do this work. And at that time, I didn't know my family at all." He commended his wife for sticking with him through thick and thin and said his focus is now on his family.