"Nah Nah Nah" is a song by American rapper

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. It was released for digital download and streaming through

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and Def Jam on October 16, 2020. The song served as the "theme song" for West's

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launched in July of that year. "Nah Nah Nah" was written and produced by West and American record producer

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. A remix, featuring fellow rappers

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and

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, was released on November 13, 2020. The song was West's second and last single as a lead artist in 2020, following "

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" (featuring Travis Scott). On August 7, 2021, for reasons unknown, both versions of the song were suddenly removed from all streaming services.

Background

On October 14, 2020, Kanye West shared on

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a snippet of a song titled "Nah Nah Nah". The clip featured footage of

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's knockout victory at

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Fight Island 5 and Star Wars. The song was released after a series of tweets from West celebrating presidential polling results in Kentucky, which later turned out to be fake. It was officially released onto streaming services the night of October 16 after being debuted in full on DJ Pharris’ Power 92 Chicago show. On October 18, West tweeted a screenshot of a text conversation with

, teasing that he had recorded a verse for a song. The following day, West posted a snippet of DaBaby's verse. On October 29, West posted a longer snippet to his Twitter account of DaBaby's full verse along with a verse from 2 Chainz. The remix later got officially released onto streaming services on November 13.

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References

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