One week prior to the release of Die Lit, a rough demo of “Shoota” was leaked. In this version, there is more Auto-Tune vocal pitch correction and Lil Uzi Vert has a second verse. In the released version it is replaced with a Carti verse.

Despite a common misconception, the song was never named “Rocket”. That name was given by fans before the song released because they misheard this line by Uzi in the song’s snippet:

Stackin', rackin', all hundreds I’m packin'