Napoleon Da Legend - Hedgehog Dilemma

Love
Darling you know that
I thought we were us
Couldn’t predict the forecast
But we never had trust
Guess that means we chose that
I never meant nothing to you at all
That’s what tell yourself

Love
Darling you know that
I thought we were us
Couldn’t predict the forecast
But we never had trust
Guess that means we chose that
I never meant nothing to you at all

〈Napoleon Da Legend verse 1〉

How we go from fingers crossed to signals getting crossed
We mеt in New York I pretendеd to hear you talk ha I was mesmerized
No marriage ties but the thought crossed my mind several times
We shared a vibe but that hedgehog dilemma cut like a pair of knives
We marinated in lust kept paraphernalia of us
Sensed paranoia building up due to failure of trust
Painted a red flag we both ignore picking off the smorgasbord
Looking forward to more gasm so much more than just the norm
Sexy and more mature but both our wounds run the deepest
Got us running off the deep end wasn’t no running from your features
Your voice was A.S.M.R. it the best A&R
BDSM star Semiramis, I play the role of Nimrod
We seen god together in love wasn’t enough
Drank the entire world in a cup u wanted universal trust
Submerged in a deep crush a weight our hearts couldn’t handle
Fronting like I’m good while a major part of me in shamble

That’s what u tell your self

And no matter how many times I would show you

〈Napoleon Da Legend verse 2〉
Now There she go again you Michael Jordan jumping conclusion
Them emotions and nostalgia got you pumped up with illusions
I loved it when it was good and innocent and simple
Things u used to laugh at now just seem to offend you we had (love)
Everyday u saw me grinding was for (us)
But then we sabotaged ourselves for lack of (trust)
And then u took me back we broke up I took you back
Then we left it in past no looking back and we had (love)

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.