"Black Skinhead" (also stylized as "BLKKK SKKKN HEAD") is a song by American rapper Kanye West, from his sixth studio album Yeezus (2013). It was produced by West and Daft Punk. The song's lyrics center on racial tensions and the crumbling mental state of the character West portrays on the album. The song premiered on Saturday Night Live in May 2013, with West performing it in front of a projected backdrop. He has since performed the song live on various occasions, including at the Glastonbury Festival and the Billboard Music Awards in 2015. It was universally praised by music critics and ranked by numerous sites, including Rolling Stone and NME, as one of the best tracks of 2013. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Nick Knight and features computer-generated imagery of West, with interactive options including "screen grabbing" and adjusting the speed of his vocals. The video was released in July 2013 and has received positive reviews from critics.
Although West initially said Yeezus would have no singles, "Black Skinhead" became the first single released from the album. It was serviced to contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom one day after the album's release. On July 2, 2013, the single was sent to urban contemporary radio stations in the United States. The song charted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Canada, Belgium and Australia in 2013 and 2014. It has since been certified platinum in the United States, the United Kingdom and Denmark. American singer Jack White covered the song in June 2014. A remix featuring Miley Cyrus and Travis Scott, recorded shortly after the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, leaked online in January 2016.
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"BlackSkinhead" (also stylized as "BLKKK SKKKN HEAD") is a song by American rapper Kanye West, from his sixth studio album Yeezus (2013). It was produced...
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September 2, 2019. Jason Lipshutz (May 19, 2013). "Kanye West Performs 'BlackSkinhead,' 'New Slaves' on 'SNL'". Billboard. Archived from the original on March...
television performances. West released two singles from the album; "BlackSkinhead" in July 2013 and "Bound 2" the following month. The release of Yeezus...
performance on Saturday Night Live. West performed "New Slaves", along with "BlackSkinhead", on Saturday Night Live on May 18, 2013. During the performance, West...
sixth album by American rapper Kanye West, including the lead single "BlackSkinhead" and "Send It Up", both tracks produced with West, Daft Punk, Brodinski...
sixth studio album, Yeezus (2013), creating the tracks "On Sight", "BlackSkinhead", "I Am a God" and "Send It Up" with West. They provided additional...
uniforms. He had previously evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery for his single "BlackSkinhead" in 2013, though Trace William Cowen of Complex noted that context of...
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previewed prior to the album's release, the others being "New Slaves" and "BlackSkinhead". "Bound 2" features substantial soul music samples, which critics noted...
sixth studio album Yeezus, released in 2013, featured the singles "BlackSkinhead" and "Bound 2". "FourFiveSeconds", a 2015 collaboration with Rihanna...
in Qatar. The song was interpolated by Miley Cyrus for a remix of "BlackSkinhead" by Kanye West which leaked online in January 2016. List of Billboard...
young skinheads led by Woody, who feels sympathy for Shaun and invites him to join the group. He introduces Shaun to Milky, the only blackskinhead of the...
Daft Punk, who also co-produced the other Yeezus tracks "On Sight," "BlackSkinhead," and "I Am a God." For the chorus, which repeats twice at the end of...
July 2023. West repeats "God!" in an exasperated way at the end of "BlackSkinhead" to show the mind of the character portrayed on Yeezus as mutating the...
The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate Black Americans and other minorities in music, acting...
2013 MTV Video Music Awards. He was originally supposed to perform "BlackSkinhead", though changed to performing "Blood on the Leaves" instead shortly...
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