Kodak Black in GTA 6: Launch Screenshot Drives a Cameo Claim Rockstar Has Not Confirmed

One of the screenshots Rockstar published in the GTA 6 Launch Gallery on November 5 shows a man in a club booth with face tattoos, red dreadlocks and a diamond pendant, and outlets including Complex and Insider Gaming say he looks like the rapper Kodak Black. Rockstar has not said who the character is.

NBC6 South Florida reported that the rapper, whose real name is Bill Kapri, and his attorney Bradford Cohen confirmed the appearance in a video posted to social media. The outlets citing that video have not published what either man said in it, so the claim rests on NBC6's description of it.

What the screenshot shows

The character sits in a VIP booth at the Jack of Hearts, the Vice City club Rockstar has shown in its artwork for Dre'Quan Priest and Boobie Ike. He wears a white T-shirt, a gold chain and an octagonal diamond pendant reading 1800, and he holds a cup carrying the club's logo. Complex pointed to the haircut and the face tattoos as the resemblance, and wrote that the image "appears to show" the rapper rather than saying it does.

Kodak Black is from Pompano Beach in South Florida, the region Vice City and Leonida are modelled on, which is the reason the identification spread as fast as it did.

What Rockstar has confirmed

Rockstar's music page names six radio stations and their hosts, among them Dirty South Classics, "a little southern hospitality from Trick and Trina, blasting regional rap and hip-hop classics". Kodak Black is not named on that page, and Rockstar has not said which artists, if any, appear in the game as themselves.

Insider Gaming noted that a real musician playing himself would be a change for Rockstar, which usually builds fictional characters and casts actors for them. Rockstar has named Jason Duval, Lucia Caminos, Raul Bautista, Dre'Quan Priest, Boobie Ike and Real Dimez without tying any of them to a public figure.

Rockstar has not commented on the screenshot or on the video NBC6 describes. GTA 6 comes out on November 19.