---
title: "T-Pain Is in Full Drift Mode With His New Ford Mustang RTR Spec 2"
description: "Three years after he decided he wanted to hone his drifting skills, T-Pain gets a new ride made for sliding."
date: "2021-06-19"
modified: "2021-06-19"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/41174/t-pain-is-in-full-drift-mode-with-his-new-ford-mustang-rtr-spec-2"
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  - "Ford"
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---

# T-Pain Is in Full Drift Mode With His New Ford Mustang RTR Spec 2

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/06/T-Pain-HERO.jpg>)
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Known as the winner of [*The Masked Singer*](<https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-t-pain-the-masked-singer-interview-20190404-story.html>) in 2019, Auto-Tune aficionado, and founder of the record label imprint [Nappy Boy Entertainment](<https://www.nappyboyent.com/>), T-Pain is also a car guy. [In 2018, the musician put out the call on Twitter](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23000/recording-artist-t-pain-wants-to-take-on-drifting>) for a wide-open drifting space in Atlanta and a few days later announced that he had purchased a 1995 Nissan 240SX S14 (V8 swapped with a Chevrolet LS3 engine, no less) for that purpose.

Three years later T-Pain is in full drifting mode with a new Ford Mustang customized by Vaughn Gittin Jr and the [RTR team](<https://www.rtrvehicles.com/>). A few days ago, T-Pain took possession of his Mustang and showed off his drifting skills in the RTR backlot, emerging with a giant grin.

![message-editor%2F1624048872265-t-paininline1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1624048872265-t-paininline1.jpg>)
**[Vaughn Gittin Jr. YouTube screencap](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9jocIkG2tw>)**

“You are a lunatic, and I like it,” Gittin Jr. said to T-Pain after the celebrity’s first run.

Then Gittin, a world champion drifter and winner of the 2020 Formula Drift Championship, took T-Pain and his crew out for joyrides, giving instruction and tips while drifting. He definitely knows what he’s talking about: the same year T-Pain tweeted his desire to go out drifting, Gittin became the first person to [drift the entire 12.9-mile Nordschleife circuit](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/23830/watch-vaughn-gittin-jr-drift-his-ford-mustang-around-the-entire-nurburgring>) at the Nurburgring in his own 900-horsepower Ford Mustang RTR drift car.

https://youtube.com/embed/z9jocIkG2tw

As he was showing his client the features of the Mustang, Gittin told him that this is not a normal spec car.

“It’s our Spec 5 without a supercharger, and we added coilovers and a steering angle kit,” Gittin said. And then he revealed a special touch just for the singer: “Normally we badge it with our spec but we didn't want you to forget where you came from, so we called this the C-137.”

In case you’re not familiar with the Adult Swim hit *Rick and Morty*, it’s a show about a mad scientist who drags his grandson along on sci-fi-based capers. C-137 is the dimension Rick and Morty are from. [T-Pain is such a fan of the show that he had his Nissan Silvia S14.5 wrapped in custom Pickle Rick livery](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24462/t-pain-pays-homage-to-rick-and-morty-with-pickle-rick-themed-nissan-silvia-drift-car>), based on a famous episode during which Rick turns himself into a pickle to escape family therapy.

T-Pain may not be drifting to another galaxy but he's definitely on his way to some new feats, Auto-Tune and all.

*Got a tip? Send the writer a note: kristin.shaw@thedrive.com*

## Author
Kristin Shaw is the former Weekend Editor for The Drive and a current freelancer in both the automotive and aviation worlds. She’s a big fan of anything car-related and calls on her technology background on the corporate side to explain engineering and high-tech concepts. Now living in her sixth state (New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Texas), she is thrilled that working from home is now mainstream.

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