Rockstar (DaBaby song)

"Rockstar"
BLM remix artwork
Single by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
from the album Blame It on Baby
ReleasedApril 17, 2020
Recorded2019
Genre
Length3:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)SethInTheKitchen
DaBaby singles chronology
"Find My Way"
(2020)
"Rockstar"
(2020)
"Buss It Down"
(2020)
Roddy Ricch singles chronology
"Numbers"
(2020)
"Rockstar"
(2020)
"High Fashion"
(2020)
Music video
"Rockstar" on YouTube

"Rockstar" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper DaBaby, featuring fellow American rapper Roddy Ricch. The song was released on April 17, 2020, as the second single from DaBaby's third studio album Blame It on Baby (2020). It was written by the two rappers. "Rockstar" spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Outside of the United States, "Rockstar" topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Its music video is set in a zombie apocalypse.

On June 12, 2020, DaBaby released a "BLM (Black Lives Matter) remix" of "Rockstar", which replaces the intro with an extra verse from him, before the rest of the song, regarding the George Floyd protests that started in May 2020, and his own experience with police abuse.[2] The song received nominations for Record of the Year, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[3]

  1. ^ "DaBaby's "Rockstar" Tops Hot 100 For 3rd Week". Billboard. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. ^ "DaBaby Releases "Rockstar (BLM Remix)" Featuring Roddy Ricch". Complex. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. ^ "Grammy Nominations 2021: See the List". The New York Times. November 24, 2020.