--- title: The 'Succession' Theme Is Getting the Rap Remix It Deserves description: Rapper Pusha T was tapped to bring his lyrical chops to the theme song for the hit HBO show 'Succession,' and the result is "Puppets." canonical: https://time.com/5695288/succession-rap-pusha-t/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-08T17:37:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:44.564Z og:title: The 'Succession' Theme Is Getting the Rap Remix It Deserves og:description: Pusha T worked with composer Nicholas Britell for a rap remix to the show's song og:url: https://time.com/5695288/succession-rap-pusha-t/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c960638ea47b073/698a03fa656a3fdadabd9079/pusha-t.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 'Succession' Theme Is Getting the Rap Remix It Deserves twitter:description: Pusha T worked with composer Nicholas Britell for a rap remix to the show's song twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c960638ea47b073/698a03fa656a3fdadabd9079/pusha-t.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Thankfully the _Succession_ Theme Song Got the Non-Cringe Inducing Rap Remix It Deserves > Sponsored content. 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Michael Hickey—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 8, 2019 5:37 PM UTC It’s a fact: everyone loves [the _Succession_ theme song.](https://time.com/5662975/succession-theme-song/) So it was only a matter of time until the memorable music on HBO’s [latest hit show](https://time.com/5646634/succession-season-2-power-rankings/) about family, power, wealth and prestige became the backing track to a rap. Luckily, the hip-hop-inflected orchestral music is getting an official remix courtesy of rapper [Pusha T,](https://time.com/5291212/kanye-west-pusha-t-daytona-whitney-houston/) with a co-sign from composer Nicholas Britell himself. (Chances are high this will be a significantly less cringe-worthy song than the other rap track _Succession_ is most closely associated with, [“L to the OG,”](https://www.tvguide.com/news/succession-kendall-rap-lyrics/) as performed by actor Jeremy Strong on a recent episode.) “Puppets,” from Pusha T and Britell, is due out this Friday, Oct. 11\. In the meantime, the New York rapper shared a sneak peek of what we can expect from the lyrics of the track, and it’s a clear reflection of the show’s themes. That was intentional: Pusha worked with Britell and the showrunners to make sure it was in line with the show but also didn’t give away too much, [as _Vulture_ reports](https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/succession-pusha-t-remix.html), since the song comes out prior to the season’s finale. “The greed, the resentment, the idea anybody is basically disposable — that’s a gangsta movie type of quality,” Pusha told Vulture about his take on the show’s subject matter. “And so that’s what made the writing process fun, because I could use all of the street, gangster rap nuances and qualities and energy and incorporate it into the theme of the music. It was really just a dope exercise, honestly.” “If you want to place blame, then look to the puppeteer,” he raps in the preview clip, and then articulates some of the show’s subjects: “Family, fortune, envy, jealousy, privilege, passed on legacy, secrets, sabotage, borderline felony…” Like with any Roy family operation, it may not be subtle, but it’s _very_ effective. > [](https://twitter.com/PUSHA%5FT/status/1181258300819693568) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5695288/succession-rap-pusha-t/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5695288/succession-rap-pusha-t/"},"headline":"Thankfully the Succession Theme Song Got the Non-Cringe Inducing Rap Remix It Deserves","datePublished":"2019-10-08T17:37:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:44.564Z","description":"Pusha T turns the theme song into a rap","url":"https://time.com/5695288/succession-rap-pusha-t/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c960638ea47b073/698a03fa656a3fdadabd9079/pusha-t.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c960638ea47b073/698a03fa656a3fdadabd9079/pusha-t.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2019 Pitchfork Music Festival - Day 1","caption":"2019 Pitchfork Music Festival - Day 1","creditText":"Michael Hickey—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5695288/succession-rap-pusha-t/","name":"Thankfully the Succession Theme Song Got the Non-Cringe Inducing Rap Remix It Deserves"}}]}] ```