Post Malone & Bob Dylan Began a Collaboration, But It Got Messy

There’s a lost Post Malone and Bob Dylan collaboration!

Hip-hop producer Michael Cash had the idea years ago to have the 28-year-old rapper and singer record a song by the 82-year-old singer-songwriter.

To sell the pitch, he sent Bob‘s longtime representative, Jeff Rosen, a photo of the Bob tattoo on Post‘s left bicep and also Post‘s cover of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.”

Bob ultimately said yes to the project and sent lyrics to a song he wrote for it called “Be Not Deceived.”

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“It was talking about a loss of innocence,” Michael told Rolling Stone about the song. “And what people are going through — disfranchised, kind of leaderless masses of children with no parent or guardian or shepherd or anything. It talked about going out and making your own way. And when you read it, honestly, it’s poetry. It’s beautiful.”

Apparently, Post even shed tears when he heard the lyrics.

In March 2021, Post recorded the song at Michael‘s studio. They laid down some of the track, but it remains unfinished. According to the producer, the “Circles” singer never finished the song, and then Bob‘s team retracted the lyrics.

“It just seems like nobody really managed expectations, and it just seems like nobody communicated,” Michael said. “A really cool piece of music got made, and then it just got weird. It got really weird.”

He’s still optimistic about “Be Not Deceived,” though. “My hopes are that Mr. Dylan and Mr. Rosen give back the right to use the lyrics,” Michael says. “I would like it if the record gets finished. That’s basically my Jerry Springer final thought. So maybe it got weird, but this is two really important musicians that I feel put the work in and it needs to be shared.”

In July, Post got vulnerable in an interview and opened up about his health, anxiety, fatherhood, and drugs and alcohol.