Rod Wave Tops US Charts with “Tombstone”

“Tombstone” is a song by American rapper Rod Wave. The song was dropped on March 23, 2021 as the second single from his third studio album SoulFly. The song is Wave’s highest-charting single. It was produced by Jai Beats, Saucii and Eighty8.

The music video was released alongside the single, directed by Reel Goats. It finds Rod Wave alone on a snowy mountain sing-rapping, switching to scenes of a child resembling a younger version of himself, who has a “tumultuous home life” while “still facing systemic issues”.

The “young Rod” watches TV while his father is asleep and his mother at work. Another visual shows him at a “tense dinner” when his father gets abusive. Later, he is seen walking down a “sunny sidewalk”, unaware that police have pulled up behind him. The kid gets shot and killed by the police, and it is revealed that he was deaf when he communicates his love for his mother in sign language.  The video ends with the kid’s father, in a white tunic, laying him down to rest at a riverside, while CGI vines encircle him.

The song is currently #1 in the US across Urban charts, and the official music videos has over 62 million views on YouTube. Watch and listen here.

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