An English singer and producer seems to have snagged “one” of the theme tunes to Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI.
As spotted by the iGrandTheftAuto.com account on X (formerly Twitter), a bio for Trace Austin on projectcasting.com states the following:
“Trace is rapidly expanding his film and television footprint. He recently starred in a film alongside Zoë Kravitz and Kyla Pratt, currently nominated for an Oscar, and he has a major upcoming Netflix series under UTA featuring King Bach, Kris Jenner, Kid Cudi, Steve Aoki, Ryan Garcia, and Howie Mandel. He has also partnered with Rockstar Games for Grand Theft Auto VI, where his rendition of “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” will be one of the main theme songs.”
Similar text was also found on Austin’s LinkedIn page , “Trace also has a collaboration coming out with grand theft auto 6 for his special rendition of Papa Was A Rolling Stone featuring The Temptations.”
Originally recorded in 1972 by the Motown act The Undisputed Truth the song became a big hit when it was re-recorded by The Temptations. It seems like Austin may be sampling or using some of the original vocals from that version to create his new rendition for GTA 6.
The song was also a hit for Was Not Was in the 1990’s but many (older) people will know that in 1992 George Michael performed at the Concert Of Hope for AIDS Charities at Wembley, London, with a mash-up of Papa Was A Rolling Stone and Killer by Adamski.
UPDATE: A video of Austin performing the song has been found on YouTube, and in it he states that his grandfather is Otis Redding from The Temptations.
Source: X
