{"id":312430,"date":"2026-02-23T04:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312430\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:21:18","slug":"jay-z-releases-original-version-of-dead-presidents-on-streaming-for-the-first-time-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312430\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z releases original version of \u2018Dead Presidents\u2019 on streaming for the first time to celebrate 30th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay-Z<\/a> has released the original version of \u2018Dead Presidents\u2019 on streaming services for the first time. Check it out below.<\/p>\n

It comes as part of the ongoing 30th anniversary celebrations for his debut album \u2018Reasonable Doubt\u2019.<\/p>\n

Released 30 years ago on Friday (February 20), \u2018Dead Presidents\u2019 was the first single of the seminal rap LP.<\/p>\n

Produced by Ski Beatz, the track was first released independently through Roc-A-Fella Records, but the original version didn\u2019t make the final cut of the album, with its sequel, \u2018Dead Presidents II\u2019, instead being included, with different lyrics over the same production.<\/p>\n

The track is built around a sample of Nas<\/a>\u2018 \u2018The World Is Yours\u2019 and famously loops the line \u201cI\u2019m out for presidents to represent me\u201d from Q-Tip\u2019s 1994 remix of the song.<\/p>\n

It has often been attributed as beginning the rivalry between the two New York rappers, which came to a head in 2001 when Jay-Z rapped on \u2018Takeover\u2019:\u00a0\u201cI sampled your voice, you was using it wrong\/ You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the original version is available on all major streaming platforms \u2013 including Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Bandcamp, and more \u2013 for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

The anniversary rollout also includes newly pressed vinyl, cassette and CD editions, which you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen below.<\/p>\n

In other Jay-Z news, he\u2019s currently in charge of the NFL Super Bowl halftime show, since his entertainment company Roc Nation joined forces with the NFL seven years ago. Under his leadership, he has helped put on memorable performances from Shakira<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jennifer Lopez<\/a>,\u00a0Rihanna<\/a>,\u00a0Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n

This year, he selected Bad Bunny<\/a> as the performer for the iconic slot, which has now\u00a0been ranked as the fourth biggest in Super Bowl history with the musician pulling in 128.2million viewers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Super Bowl slot, there was\u00a0controversy over the decision to enlist Bad Bunny<\/a>\u00a0for the halftime show, with the singer\u00a0coming under personal attack from the MAGA movement<\/a>, and from\u00a0Donald Trump, who called the decision \u201ccrazy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and claimed that he had \u201cnever heard\u201d of him.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z defended the decision to enlist Bad Bunny long before the Super Bowl halftime show took place,\u00a0saying that he wasn\u2019t fully convinced that there was genuine opposition<\/a>\u00a0to the Puerto Rican superstar taking to the stage.<\/p>\n

When asked by a journalist \u201cWhy are people hating on\u201d Bad Bunny being chosen, the rapper replied: \u201cThey love him. Don\u2019t let them fool you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay-Z has released the original version of \u2018Dead Presidents\u2019 on streaming services for the first time. Check it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,338,61,60,278,646],"class_list":["post-312430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-rap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}