Napoleon Da Legend - De Rien

〈Napoleon Da Legend verse 1〉
Ils parlent beaucoup mais j'entend rien...

Yo j’ai pas l’temps de rester misérable comme jean val Jean
Sans argent comme un taliban ou dans les balcans
Tellement d’talent c’est du gaspillage basquiat
Qu’est ce qui y a? J’prend ma place Yaoundé Paul biya
HLM rap pseudo intellectuel gros j’excelle il est l’seule
Tu connais ça geule
J’vois quy en a qui copie des styles et des flow debiles
J’viens des îles black yves montant jusqu’a Menil
Tant qu’jsuis la, dédicace à Lénine le trône descend d’la
Flow bancale authentique, tranquille on danse pas
Cest l’bon plan tu connais le slogan l’homme tobogan
C’est l’style eau d’source old school sans colorant
C’est mec soule genre des mec cool qui n’ont rien compris
Ils font un tour à Brooklyn et pense comprendre les choses que l’on vit
Jvois trop d’ zombi mon rap, diplôme science Po
Tu vois l’audience non? Il sont chaud, fait moi confiance gros

〈Napoleon Da Legend refrain x2〉
C’est dans mon sang jsuis fort ouais jy peux rien
Mange bien vas y prend cadeau, je te de rien
Guerrier legendaire
Jamais faux gangster
Un seul coup d’poing t’renvoie en enfer

〈Napoleon Da Legend verse 2〉
Tête d’acier bouc emissaire au carré
Mon père est mort a lors maintenant il faut qu’il payes les pocassé
Comme bacassa elles dansent le mocassa, on se colle à ça
Fuck Bob Denard on passe du coq à l’âne tu connais pas ça?
Un coup d’état sur la France dans toute mon élégance
Attitude gilets jaunes j’veux pas payer l’essence
C’est la totale on brûle ta decapotable
Flow potable la France m’acclame comme Jean Jacques Goldman
Profane tes petits rap jsuis pas trop fan
On vous a dja lavé la cervelle, il est temps que J’vous reprogramme
J’connais aucun d’ces mecs et j’me fous même
Tu vois l’mouve en concert suivit douze toulousiennes
Frites dans mon grec, Nutella dans mes crêpes
Dernier gars qui voulait test il est tombé raide
Coup d’marteau, euro dollar Tu connais l’cash flow
Indigene ficher S j’arrive sur paname sur un bateau
Embargo, j’énerve comme un noir qu’embrasse Brigitte Bardot
Cest d’art bro, il’m suivent comme un filme de Leonardo
J'suis pas Bonaparte j’te donne des claques et ta tête eclate
Ken le Survivant dans les bacs, tu connais l’impact
Bo comme les comores j’ai souffert bcp aussi
Salut à tous mes goons camer et tout mon posse
Verbaliseur Ameur comme un goût de liqueur
Si tu veux l’feature, demande le price comme à leader

〈Napoleon Da Legend refrain x2〉
C’est dans mon sang jsuis fort ouais jy peux rien
Mange bien vas y prend cadeau, je te de rien
Guerrier legendaire
Jamais faux gangster
Un seul coup d’poing t’renvoie en enfer

Napoleon Da Legend - Biography

Bilingual, Hip-Hop/Afrobeat artist, Napoleon Da Legend transferred his skills on the basketball court to the wax. Before that, he had to teach himself English. He kept his ears glued to the radio.

Paris-born, to the Comoros Islands, then Washington DC raised, the son of an immigrant family, Napoleon is a Brooklyn-based artist who uses his voice as weapon of hope, social-critique, conquest, and joy. After an untimely split, his parents left the U.S. and went their separate ways leaving the 16 year old to fend for himself in the DC / Maryland area, which helped him develop his hustle, instinct and work-ethic. NDL’s song “Black Privilege” led him to be featured at the Essence Festival in 2017. He was then invited to perform live on FOX 5’s Good Day DC.

NDL’s message of empowerment, community, and self-determination through music doesn’t stop there. He also works regularly with youth, running hip-hop workshops in Brooklyn’s toughest schools and Rikers Island’s juvenile programs.

Following the release of his “Steal This Mixtape” series in 2016, Napoleon headlined his “Steal This Mixtape” European Tour. He’s been featured on Statik Selekta’s Show Off Radio Show and Sway Calloway’s Sway in the Morning. To top all this, he graced the stage at the final Rocksteady Crew’s 40th Anniversary show at SummerStage in Central Park. In 2019, NDL performed in Europe’s biggest Hip-Hop Festival Hip-Hop Kemp in Czech Republic as Supa Kaiju with rapper/producer Sicknature.

2018 was yet another prolific year, without a doubt. Napoleon released 10 projects- including four albums, four mixtapes, and two EP’s released through various indie labels (Chopped Herring, Media Pop, Copenhagen Crates and Tuff Gong Records). This was followed by eight appearances in 2019 at Harlem Week’s main stage. He then became recognized for his fusing the world’s of Hip-Hop and Anime with albums Dragon Ball G (Dragon Ball Z), Bronze Saints (Saint Seiya) and King of the North Star (Fist of the North Star) in a feature article on Bandcamp (How Napoleon Da Legend Made Anime-Inspired Rap an Artform).

Since then, NDL has released 12 more projects, including the afrobeat/hip-hop fusion projects, “Afrostreet” & “Afrostreet 2”. After creating a few anthems (“Poulet Maafe”), which became popular with his French speaking audience, NDL decided to put his French powers into high gear. In September, 2019, he gave his first in interview in French with Mediapac (Watch it here), garnering over 100,000 views in less than a week. In May 2020, NDL featured on elite French rapper Akhenaton’s (IAM) “Asteroïde” project, trading verses in French and English on the innovative song “Storytellers”. In 2021, NDL was invited to adapt Akhenaton’s 19 minute song “La Faim de leur Monde” in English. They later collaborated on a 3-part EP series called “The Whole in my Heart” produced by Akhenaton on his label La Cosca.