GTA in Music

The Grand Theft Auto series initially captivated gamers, then entered the lives of ordinary people, and only after that became immortalized in popular culture. While mentions of GTA in movies, TV shows or other video games might be fleeting hype or references, when it comes to music, things are a bit different. The chronology of the franchise’s celebration seems to have started only after the release of the incredibly successful GTA 5, but that’s not entirely true. By that time, artists who grew up on classics like GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas had already emerged and even become stars. This can be traced through the lyrics of performers, in songs where you can hear references to Grand Theft Auto.

• Taylor Swift — So High School
• Future, Metro Boomin — GTA
• G Herbo ft. Juice WRLD & Chance The Rapper & Lil Uzi Vert — PTSD
• Kanye West, Pusha T, No Malice, Ant Clemons, Sunday Service Choir — Law of Attraction
• Juice WRLD ft. Gunna — GTA
• Juice WRLD ft. Lil Uzi Vert — Wasted
• XXXTENTACION & Ski Mask the Slump God — RIP Roach
• Run the Jewels — Pew Pew Pew
• SpongeBOZZ — G.T.A. Bikini Bottom
• Waka Flocka Flame — Slippin’
• Starbomb — It’s Dangerous to Go Alone
• XXXTENTACION — vice city
• Jon Lajoie — Everyday Normal Crew

Taylor Swift — So High School (2024)

Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto

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Future, Metro Boomin — GTA (2024)

GTA, I got shooters

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G Herbo ft. Juice WRLD & Chance The Rapper & Lil Uzi Vert — PTSD (2020)

Walked off, we drove off, went to GameStop
Quiet ride there, picked up San Andreas

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Kanye West, Pusha T, No Malice, Ant Clemons, Sunday Service Choir — Law of Attraction (2019)

Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto, we in a game, we in a game
Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto

Juice WRLD ft. Gunna — GTA (2018)

Guns like Grand Theft Auto
Money like Grand Theft Auto

Juice WRLD ft. Lil Uzi Vert — Wasted (2018)

Wasted, GTA love, bitches wasted
Wasted, I’m on these drugs, I feel wasted
Wasted, get her off my mind when I’m wasted
Wasted, I waste all my time when I’m wasted

Rockstar, that’s our style, these boys can’t take it

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XXXTENTACION & Ski Mask the Slump God — RIP Roach (2016)

Six stars like GTA, kill me, uh

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Run the Jewels — Pew Pew Pew (2015)

I could kill your ass today
But right now I’m playin’ Grand Theft Auto

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SpongeBOZZ — G.T.A. Bikini Bottom (2015)

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Waka Flocka Flame — Slippin’ (2014)

Grand Theft Auto, send them homies on a mission

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Starbomb — It’s Dangerous to Go Alone (2013)

I’m in Liberty City
This place looks just like Philadelphia, but even more shitty
I’m at the corner of Dead Cop and Prostitute Junction

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XXXTENTACION — vice city (2013-2014)

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Jon Lajoie — Everyday Normal Crew (2009)

We just a regular everyday normal crew
We bust gats and cadillacs in Grand Theft Auto 2

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