EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIOD REPORT

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Viper Energy Partners LP (the “Partnership”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Travis D. Stice, Chief Executive Officer of Viper Energy Partners GP LLC, the general partner of Viper Energy Partners LP, and Teresa L. Dick, Chief Financial Officer of Viper Energy Partners GP LLC, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to their knowledge:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.

Date:	August 9, 2016	/s/ Travis D. Stice
		Travis D. Stice
		Chief Executive Officer
		Viper Energy Partners GP LLC
		(as general partner of Viper Energy Partners LP)
Date:	August 9, 2016	/s/ Teresa L. Dick
		Teresa L. Dick
		Chief Financial Officer
		Viper Energy Partners GP LLC
		(as general partner of Viper Energy Partners LP)