"Know Me" is a song by Canadian rapper Nav. It was released through XO and

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on November 2, 2018, one day before his 29th birthday, as the lead single from his second studio album, '' Bad Habits'' (2019). Nav wrote the song alongside his manager,

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, and also with producers Pro Logic and Austin Powerz. The song debuted and peaked at number 63 on the

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Background and composition

In an emailed statement to ''

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'', Nav wrote about a studio session that led to the making of the song: "I was recording on of a lot of my own beats & of other producers. When I ran out I asked my engineer Pro Logic to play me some of his own beats -one of the first ones he played me became 'Know Me'." The song begins with Nav name-dropping the fashion brand

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, as he melodically raps about his sexual conquests with women, brags about his collection of VVS (Very, Very Slightly) diamonds and fame, referring to himself as the "hottest brown boy in the game".

Music video

The official music video for "Know Me" was directed by David Camarena and released on November 8, 2018. In the video, Nav parks a bright red

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in the driveway of a mansion. He struts through the insides of the mansion, which is splattered in glow-in-the-dark paint, in the company of "scantily clad" women and a python.

Charts

References

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