Joey Bada$$ Says He Ghostwrote Post Malone's "Rockstar"

The original track, which also featured T-Pain, can be heard now

BY Josiah HughesPublished Dec 29, 2017

With his breakthrough megahit "Rockstar," Post Malone officially went from punchline to superstar. Perhaps there's a reason the song did so well — he had some help in the lyric department. Specifically, the track was allegedly ghostwritten by none other than Joey Bada$$

A new "remix" of the song featuring Bada$$ and AutoTune forefather T-Pain surfaced online this week. According to T-Pain, it's not a new remix but actually the original version of "Rockstar," before 21 Savage was added:
 
Joey responded to T-Pain's claim, adding that he got his first No. 1 single by co-writing the track:
 

Listen to the original version of "Rockstar" below.

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