Tank defies hearing loss for ‘R&B Money,’ his final album

R&B star Tank began contemplating his final album after considering pursuing other endeavors. However, that timeline was accelerated after losing one of his most essential tools: his hearing.

“It just made me look at time differently. It just made me say, ’Man, if I can lose an ear in three days, I could possibly lose the other one in the next three,” said the crooner who released “R&B Money” this month. “You just realize you don’t have as much time as you think you do.”

Last year, he revealed he was suddenly going deaf in his right ear while losing substantial hearing in his left, although the left recovered.

“You start taking a medicine that’s supposed to help with your ear, but it’s hurting everything else,” Tank explained of side effects. “So when the engineer is mixing and he’s doing real cool stuff that goes from left to right, and he’s like