Bad Bunny, Lana Del Rey and Slayer Are Your GTA VI Radio DJs

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Lana Del Rey’s husband may have the best part in Grand Theft Auto VI’s radio lineup, and he barely has to act. Jeremy Dufrene, an airboat captain in real life, turns up on the country station Back Country Radio as Mud Dog Mike: roving reporter, swamp meteorologist and airboat captain.

He’s the deep cut. On Thursday (Oct. 8), Rockstar Games named six of the game’s radio stations and the artists hosting them in character. Bad Bunny and RaiNao run the Latin station Cocoteo FM, Del Rey and Morgan Wallen take Back Country Radio, and Burna Boy shares AfroBank FM with the selector Palms Trax. Robyn and the model Alex Consani bring back Flash FM, Trick Daddy and Trina spin Dirty South Classics, and Slayer’s Kerry King and Tom Araya run the metal station The Chamber 106.6.

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Music has always been half the point of Grand Theft Auto, and Rockstar is billing this as “the biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game radio and podcasts yet.” For Burna Boy, it closes a loop. His “Killin Dem” played on GTA V’s iFruit Radio, and he made “Gettin’ Money” for GTA Online’s Cayo Perico update. Now he has a station.

“I’ve been playing GTA since way before my music ever made it into the game, so this one is personal,” Burna Boy told Hypebeast in an exclusive interview. “GTA has always understood that the music is part of the world, not just something playing in the background,” he added.

RaiNao, the Puerto Rican artist who plays La Gata to Bad Bunny’s El Martillo, sounded just as invested. “Cocoteo gets our vibe, our slang, our taste, our pride, our experiences, our traditions, and all our crazy antics,” she said in a statement to Pitchfork. Del Rey told Rolling Stone the series was already part of family life: “One of the coolest things about this is the fact that the first time some of our family got to LA they actually knew the roads because of playing the game.”

Hear the six stations

Cocoteo FMEl Martillo and La Gata (Bad Bunny and RaiNao)Preview on Rockstar

Modern Latin music, from bachata and merengue to dembow and reggaeton. The first song in the preview is Bad Bunny’s own “EoO,” followed by Axel Rulay’s “Si Es Trucho Es Trucho (Remix)” with Farruko and El Alfa, and Romeo Santos and El Chaval de la Bachata’s “Canalla.”

AfroBank FMBurna and Palmsy (Burna Boy and Palms Trax)Preview on Rockstar

Amapiano, African classics and 3-step, with Palms Trax digging for records that, as he told Hypebeast, “have spent decades in obscurity.” The preview runs from Asake’s “Joha” to Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor’s “Gye Wani” to DJ Lag and Robot Boii’s “Shay’sana” with Kamo Mphela.

Back Country RadioMW and Delta Dawne (Morgan Wallen and Lana Del Rey)Preview on Rockstar

Rockstar calls it “airboat-ready renegade country.” The preview is all classics: David Allan Coe’s “Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior,” Loretta Lynn’s “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” and Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings’ “The Conversation.”

The Chamber 106.6DJ Kerry and DJ Tom (Kerry King and Tom Araya)Preview on Rockstar

Rockstar’s pitch is “Jump in the pit.” The preview plays Black Sabbath’s “I” and Pantera’s “I’m Broken,” then, naturally, Slayer’s “Raining Blood.”

Flash FMRobyn and Alex (Robyn and Alex Consani)Preview on Rockstar

Vice City’s pop station is back, with Robyn on the mic. Its preview: Charli xcx’s “Good Ones,” MGMT’s “Electric Feel” and Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress’ “Midnight Sun (Girls Trip).”

Dirty South ClassicsTrick and Trina (Trick Daddy and Trina)Preview on Rockstar

Regional rap from two Miami legends: David Banner’s “Like a Pimp” with Lil’ Flip, JT Money’s “Who Dat” with Solé and DJ Khaled’s “Born N Raised” with Trick Daddy, Rick Ross and Pitbull.

There’s more coming. Rockstar says stations for classic rock, blues, electronic music and talk radio are still to be revealed, along with more singles from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album. The series also gets on-demand podcasts for the first time, and Jason and Lucia can keep listening on foot through headphones connected to their in-game phones. The game is out Nov. 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.