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Originally Posted by HOOT
People were doing it long before Akon decided to do it. If anyone is to blame it is Roger Troutman who brought it to the west coast hip-hop when he did California Love with Tupac.
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Ya that's true. It didn't really catch on then though. I'm not a huge music guy so I couldn't break down when it initially happened or who's to blame. I just noticed that it seemed to really start getting mainstream in '07 sometime, and Akon was the first guy I noticed using it, which is why he catches most of my flak for it.
Two other non-hip hop people you could blame is Sher and Madonna, who both used it in hit singles in the late '90's. I remember Sher saying she used it because she couldn't hit the high note.