Post Malone's "Rockstar" Accidentally Plays After DaBaby Wins Billboard Music Award

During Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, chart titan DaBaby picked up a major win for Top Rap Song for his Hot 100 topper “Rockstar” with Roddy Ricch.

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It can be tough for two rockstars to co-exist. 

During Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, chart titan DaBaby picked up a major win for Top Rap Song for his Hot 100 topper “Rockstar” with Roddy Ricch. And the competition for the award— including “Savage” and “WAP”—was surely tough. But it was another rockstar who made himself known during DaBaby’s big moment, albeit accidentally: Post Malone

As DaBaby accepted the award, the BBMAs accidentally played Post Malone and 21 Savage’s 2018 track “Rockstar.” As it played when he walked on the stage, DaBaby pointed at his new trophy and said, “It’s me, It’s me, I’ll live with that,” before working into his speech.

Of course, plenty of people pointed out the mix-up on Twitter, poking fun at the moment, which didn’t seem to bother DaBaby too much. 

Both “Rockstar” tracks are no stranger to the charts, claiming the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 during each of their respective release years. Posty also won Top Rap Song at the 2018 show for his own “Rockstar.”

Here’s what Twitter had to say about the minor snafu.

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… Did they just play Rockstar by Post Malone instead of DaBaby??? #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/ggyOvrRhjT

— Jordan Year 💛💛 🌈 #BlackLivesMatter (@nolaboy96) May 24, 2021

DaBaby when they started playing Post Malone’s Rockstar #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/Rw9ZEa410d

— strong . (@jayngb6) May 24, 2021

why r they playing post malone while dababy won hsjsjsj

— 🐻‍❄️⁷ l TORONTO AMI 📍 (@userbfIy) May 24, 2021

DABABY WINS FOR ROCKSTAR AND INSTEAD OF PLAYING HIS SONG THEY FUCKING PLAY ROCKSTAR BY POST MALONE IM GONNA LOSE MY MIND

— chey loves tyler (@shlofolina) May 24, 2021

Not the #BBMAs playing the wrong “Rockstar” song chile. pic.twitter.com/sg4jRYZuf3

— 👽alien superstar (@TheTerriDiaries) May 24, 2021

🏆| Billboard seems to have made a mistake, playing Post Malone’s “Rockstar” instead of Dababy’s “ROCKSTAR” while Dababy accepts his award at the #BBMAs

—Congratulations to @DaBabyDaBaby for winning “Top Rap Song” pic.twitter.com/jbt8nwhZT9

— PostyOnChart (@PostyOnChart) May 24, 2021

Did they just play Post Malone’s rockstar when Dababy went to collect his award for his song Rockstar 😭😭 the disrespect ??? #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/3DkM6wCdW9

— dosa ✨🧚🏾‍♀️ (@doseofdosa) May 24, 2021

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