"King's Dead" is a song by American rappers

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, and

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with English singer James Blake, from the

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of the

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'' and Jay Rock's third studio album '' Redemption''. The version featured on ''Redemption'' did not feature Lamar and Blake and contains multiple differences than the original one. It was released by

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and

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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

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Reception

Briana Younger of ''

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'' 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

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channel on

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on February 15, 2018. It was directed by Dave Free and Jack Begert.

Remixes

On March 8, 2018, American rappers Joey Badass and

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released a remix of the song.

Personnel

Credits adapted from digital booklet.

Performers

– vocals *

– vocals * James Blake – vocals

Technical

* Matt Schaeffer – record engineering, mix engineering * Mike Bozzi – master engineering * Eric Manco – record engineering

Production

– 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

External links

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