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Wikipedia article




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"'King's Dead'" is a song by American rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Future and English singer James Blake, from the soundtrack album of the Marvel Studios superhero film 'Black Panther' and Jay Rock's third studio album 'Redemption'.

It was released by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records on January 11, 2018 as both the soundtrack's second single and as the lead single from 'Redemption'. The song is Jay Rock's first single to chart on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. The song, along with "Bubblin" by Anderson .Paak, won Best Rap Performance, and was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.

Reception



Briana Younger of 'Pitchfork' gave the song a positive review, calling the song "fun and swaggering".

Music video



The music video for the song was released to Rock's Vevo channel on YouTube on February 15, 2018. It was directed by Dave Free and Jack Begert.

Remixes



On March 8, 2018, American rappers Joey Badass and XXXTentacion released a remix of the song.

Personnel



Credits adapted from digital booklet.

'Performers'

* Jay Rock vocals

* Kendrick Lamar vocals

* Future vocals

* James Blake vocals

'Technical'

* Matt Schaeffer record engineering, mix engineering

* Mike Bozzi master engineering

* Eric Manco record engineering

'Production'

* Kendrick Lamar production

* Teddy Walton production

* Sounwave additional production

* 30 Roc uncredited co-production

* uncredited co-production

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications



Release history



Notes



* signifies an uncredited co-producer

References




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