United Kingdom, Feb. 8 -- T-Pain stopped taking credit for writing country songs because of the "racism" he faced.

The 39-year-old rapper admitted he is a big fan of the genre and it has inspired a number of his own songs, even if other people don't think it is "cool" to look at other musical styles.

He said in a TikTok video: "Good music is good music. I don't [care] where it comes from or what style it comes in.

"All the people I know feel like it's not cool to listen to other genres of music. Country music is where I get all my harmonies."

And the 'Bartender' hitmaker - real name Faheem Rashad Najm - admitted he's hidden the full extent of his forays into the country world because he doesn't want to experience a backlash due to his...