“I’m jumping around the stage like a rabid monkey, rapping my song, and I’m taking breaths, and my DJ is filling in the other parts of it,” Rock explained. He added that syncing issues made post-production tricky, saying, “I even told them when I saw the rough cut, ‘You guys got to work on that sync. It’s off.’”
Fans quickly interpreted this as evidence the show may not have been entirely live, even if Rock himself performed vocally in real-time.
During his set, Rock opened with a shortened version of his 1999 hit Bawitdaba, delivered a slow acoustic version of Cody Johnson’s ’Til You Can’t, and added a self-written third verse honoring TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk.
Despite lingering questions about how “live” the performance truly was, TPUSA drew 6.1 million concurrent viewers — a respectable figure compared to Bad Bunny’s 100+ million on the official broadcast.
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