Napoleon Da Legend - Face

Blasphemous we so lit
Straight passionate always on a ego trip
Eat ya veggies my mom used to tell me
Blinded by the flash that America would sell me
Selfless or selfish there a thin line
Shea butter on my flesh make my melanin shine

Ride my wave I give u ocean sickness
Adam in Pulp Fiction mixed with the soul of Krishna
Feel my toes twitching black Zecharia Sitchin
They tried to lynch him I’m a survivor kid I’m a lynchpin
My heart got a Ferrari engine u shouldn’t force it
Was married to my past once I had to divorce it

Even when I’m flat broke I’m still rich Bill Gates Kill switch
Like when the Pilgrims wanted to kill Brits
I build bridges, burn toxic energy
Make plans with friends even talk to my enemy
No reservations like Bourdain Anthony
When the shit hit the fan I just pray for my sanity

I’m back, black flip, front kick swift
Save the day then kick back, tongue kiss chicks
Straight out the box sneakers match multicolored
Beef I slide above it in the streets so beloved
Banger got a litany on high note like Whitney
These fools tried to get me came up short like Pigmys

I Rock on a constellation on my neck
Every time I talk my conversations on the press
Contracts with dry ink papers on the desk
Debating who the better artist/ I’m taking all bets
Pharaohgamo fly king Cy Young still wild young
U wouldn’t last a minute where I’m from

Hand u the dope mix it with the antidote
Crack a Campbell soup and smack u with a can of Hope
Failures a bitch, why u so afraid of?
Throughout history the world belongs to the bravest
All the fruits of my labor taste gracious
But some of y’all is still cruising on the slave ship

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.