How Post Malone’s “Rockstar” Originally Sounded With T-Pain & Joey Badass [EXCLUSIVE]

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar” has been ruling the airwaves nationwide for the last few months, so it comes as a pretty big surprise that the song originally sounded totally different than the one we know and love today.

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Post Malone released the original as a remix, which has T-Pain and Joey Badass on it. Not only was Joey on it, but he apparently was a ghostwriter for it, too! Click on the audio player to hear more in this exclusive clip from the Front Page news on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show.”

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