Ozzy Osbourne praises T-Pain for ‘the best cover of War Pigs ever’

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Ozzy Osbourne has heaped reward on singer T-Pain for his new model of a traditional Black Sabbath music, calling it “the best cover of ‘War Pigs’ ever”.

Writing on X/Twitter, the 75-year-old heavy metallic pioneer added: “Why didn’t you guys call me?”

In response, 39-year-old T-Pain wrote: “You’re always invited. Top of the list, every time!! Thank you so much. Means a lot coming from the greatness himself.”

In a follow-up message, the Florida-born singer added: “First thing I said was ‘wow’ This is an honor and the greatest form of validation. Thank you brother @OzzyOsbourne”.

“War Pigs” is an anti-war protest music, which was first launched by Black Sabbath in 1970 because the opening observe from their second album Paranoid.

The heavy metallic trailblazers have been shaped two years earlier in Birmingham by singer Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward and bassist Geezer Butler.

T-Pain’s tackle the music was initially included on his covers album On Top Of The Covers, launched final March. The model Osbourne was commenting on is a dwell model taken from T-Pain’s December report On Top of The Covers (Live From The SunRose), which was recorded in Los Angeles.

Last month, a disgruntled Osbourne was pressured to debunk studies of his demise, after stumbling throughout his personal picture in an “in memoriam” video on-line.

He might be heard in an episode of The Osbournes podcast informing his household concerning the video.

“I put it on and I died!” he mentioned. “The thing on YouTube, which goes, ‘Celebrities Who Have Died Today,’ and there’s a picture of me.”

He then referenced Monty Python and the Holy Grail, joking: “I’m not dead. I’m not really dead… just a little flesh wound.’”

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“I’m not dead,” he continued. “I’m not going any-f****ing-where and I’m going to go do some more gigs before I’m finished anyway.”

Osbourne revealed he had been identified with Parkinson’s illness in 2020, a 12 months after struggling accidents to his neck and again in a fall.

Speaking to The Independent in 2022, Osbourne declared his intention to beat these well being points and carry out dwell once more.

“I’ve made a pledge,” he mentioned. “I will do whatever is physically possible until the summer of next year. If by then I can’t, then I can’t, but I’ll have given it my best.

“I’m pretty confident. I will get back on stage if it f***ing kills me, because if I can’t do it then that’s what’s gonna happen anyway, I’m gonna f***ing die. I love to see them audiences.”