King's Dead


"King's Dead" is a song by American rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, and Future with English singer James Blake, from the soundtrack album of the Marvel Studios superhero film Black Panther and Jay Rock's third studio album Redemption. The version featured on Redemption did not feature Lamar and Blake and contains multiple differences to the original one.
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 Grammy Award for [Best Rap Performance|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

Technical

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

Production