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T‑Pain Debuts Unreleased Oliver Tree Track at Electric Forest

The surprise live preview underscored Tree’s cultural reach as Brazilian investigators press to recover flight recorders to explain the June 14 helicopter collision.

Overview

  • Two helicopters collided over Recreio dos Bandeirantes on June 14, killing six people including Oliver Tree and igniting fires at an electric‑vehicle lot.
  • Brazilian authorities have opened a technical probe that is prioritizing recovery of flight recorders and video evidence while forensic teams work through heavy burn damage at the scene.
  • During a late‑night set at Michigan’s Electric Forest festival, T‑Pain played an unreleased collaboration with Tree and showed a video tribute on the stage’s giant screen.
  • Sources report the track was recorded in studio before Tree’s death but the claim comes from unnamed sources and there has been no official commercial release announced.
  • Tree’s remains have been repatriated to California, his family is establishing the foundation named in his will, and a public celebration of life is scheduled for July 25 with a livestream available.