JAY-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

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  • Music video by JAY-Z performing Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem). © 2006 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC., Distributed by Roc Nation Records, LLC
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Komentáře • 729

  • @DanielAlebachew-xw2fm
    @DanielAlebachew-xw2fm Před 3 měsíci +299

    Who is listening in 2024?

  • @pookeyblow
    @pookeyblow Před 8 měsíci +41

    Mark The 45 King produced this song. Rest In Peace 🕊

  • @esdrasvincent5184
    @esdrasvincent5184 Před 11 měsíci +319

    One of my all time favorite Jay-Z songs

    • @Gabe94dotcom
      @Gabe94dotcom Před 11 měsíci +6

      True ❤

    • @vongolaprimo9180
      @vongolaprimo9180 Před 11 měsíci +1

      fr

    • @andrewharris4778
      @andrewharris4778 Před 5 měsíci +1

      mine as well I know Im Canadian and was not totally exposed to the horrible knocks but still had it very hard and poor ......but we survived .............thank our God

    • @Paff1991
      @Paff1991 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Comes from the Streets, will go to the Streets to People with deep down love.

  • @SJ20KGAMING
    @SJ20KGAMING Před 11 měsíci +54

    “As far as progress, you’ll be hard pressed to find another rapper hot as me”. Words he stood by. 🦾❤️

  • @TheCooIBlackGuy
    @TheCooIBlackGuy Před 11 měsíci +309

    25 years later and it's still a BANGER 🔥🔥🔥

    • @ELVset
      @ELVset Před 11 měsíci +2

      Fax

    • @marianmillings2278
      @marianmillings2278 Před 11 měsíci

      Real talk👊

    • @janemorgan154
      @janemorgan154 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Gosh that long ago… how to make me feel old in 1 comment 😂 but boy what a great tune

    • @TheCooIBlackGuy
      @TheCooIBlackGuy Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@janemorgan154 likewise lol

    • @kiddalingur
      @kiddalingur Před 8 měsíci +4

      kinda makes u miss the old times

  • @inexpugnabilis
    @inexpugnabilis Před 11 měsíci +211

    One of the best hip hop songs of all time!

  • @VNSVinyll
    @VNSVinyll Před 11 měsíci +314

    Jay-Z spoke for the streets. When no one else did. One of New York's own. Each song is a classic. Because each song stood for something.

    • @Gabe94dotcom
      @Gabe94dotcom Před 11 měsíci +9

      True ❤😊

    • @noneofyourbusiness1114
      @noneofyourbusiness1114 Před 11 měsíci +40

      DMX was dominating during this time though.

    • @silentambition2080
      @silentambition2080 Před 11 měsíci +9

      ​@noneofyourbusiness1114 yeah with the help of Rockefeller records and Jay-Z working with Def Jam on Backstage dvd

    • @angelicaterry3367
      @angelicaterry3367 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@noneofyourbusiness1114 stop this song dominated when it was released

    • @johndough3809
      @johndough3809 Před 11 měsíci +29

      Not really, there were plenty. You’re trying to gas him up 😂

  • @Empixre
    @Empixre Před 11 měsíci +136

    this is without a doubt one of Jay-zs most iconic songs straight heat 🔥🔥

  • @WillMay-fr9ps
    @WillMay-fr9ps Před 7 měsíci +36

    Jay spoke his success into existence way back then..he said I'm gonna be on top whether I perform or not.... POWERFUL

  • @gumuru
    @gumuru Před 11 měsíci +23

    "I went from lukewarm to hot"

  • @danyulwilliams9823
    @danyulwilliams9823 Před 7 měsíci +19

    This is one of my favorite JAY Z songs ever!! ❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙💚💚💚💚

  • @drupac40
    @drupac40 Před 5 měsíci +17

    This song still goes harder than anything out out in the last ten years

  • @prowesa3240
    @prowesa3240 Před 7 měsíci +21

    I wasn't even born when this track was made nd im 20years old .....its Timeless 🙌🔥

    • @user-zt5yf1gw4n
      @user-zt5yf1gw4n Před 4 měsíci +2

      I was a 9 year old kid when this came out and now I got my 9 year old singing this song .

  • @ListenToMeshach
    @ListenToMeshach Před 11 měsíci +10

    This is that time that God had kept safe for a day like this ❤️✝️💯 memories

  • @djasnepas
    @djasnepas Před 8 měsíci +17

    R.I.P. MARK AKA 45 KING!!! 1 LV

  • @jgwmain
    @jgwmain Před 11 měsíci +25

    This song is a pure classic.

  • @herbgotti6028
    @herbgotti6028 Před 2 měsíci +13

    This the song that turned him into a superstar 💯 I remember when it first hit the radio it was playing outta every house, car, and boombox on the block #TheGoodOleDays 💯💯

    • @eetv7840
      @eetv7840 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yeap, it was number 2 on the UK charts, only Cher stop it from going number 1

    • @EmmAPestilenciA
      @EmmAPestilenciA Před 22 dny

      I was in Wayne County jail then, (1999) and the radio was always on " WJLB" back when they still said "where hip hop lives" lol but yeah this was played constantly. So whenever I hear it I am transported back in time to my cell

  • @user-gv8ii9iu1f
    @user-gv8ii9iu1f Před 11 měsíci +16

    This hit had me grinding harder from Brooklyn NY I seen that life salute stay strong and healthy with focus on enhancement.peace my great people!

  • @mlopez5384
    @mlopez5384 Před 10 měsíci +38

    This video brings me back to my youth in Brooklyn. Jay captured a moment in time!! That’s one of the realest things without a doubt!!!

  • @willstoltzfus5986
    @willstoltzfus5986 Před 11 měsíci +41

    One of my favorite Jay-Z songs

    • @linusmaro1201
      @linusmaro1201 Před 10 měsíci

      mh I like tha song I'm one of them

    • @AEVAQ.
      @AEVAQ. Před 9 měsíci

      2PAC Alive 🆕York 🈳🦞🪦Esperanta☦️do y cnow

  • @BEE-FANCY
    @BEE-FANCY Před 11 měsíci +29

    Let’s stick up the world and split it 50/50 uh-huh
    I was lucky to see this performed live in Paris, the crowd went wild, all 78 thousand of them. A moment in my lifetime I’ll never forget, a million thank yous Mr Carter

    • @SS-no5jp
      @SS-no5jp Před 11 dny

      Lucky cherish for life 🎉

  • @Dudja
    @Dudja Před 11 měsíci +9

    Legendary track right here

  • @user-kl4zc9ow5d
    @user-kl4zc9ow5d Před 5 měsíci +7

    Out of all rappers Jay-Z is a real hustler

  • @monogee
    @monogee Před 8 měsíci +17

    RIP, DA 45 KING!!! You Produced A Banger Right Here!!!

    • @Beloved1ne
      @Beloved1ne Před 8 dny

      Yea Yea my man Mark James East Orange nj. R I P

  • @brookephillips1516
    @brookephillips1516 Před 5 měsíci +14

    I must say this is a good song, I've been listening to rap for 30yrs now & it's nice I still remember it!! I understand hard knocks in life now especially with age.

    • @brookephillips1516
      @brookephillips1516 Před měsícem

      As love follows the true heart with staying Real, so yes I'm a lover in fabulous people as their Smile for Representation to what anyone Loves...
      Stand on style and vibe, with energy in the feeling to show a true cheek rising...!! 😁😁❤️😊😉😁

  • @R4ND0M123-k
    @R4ND0M123-k Před 11 měsíci +15

    Damn. This hits so hard to this day still.

  • @schuylerhecht8253
    @schuylerhecht8253 Před 2 měsíci +6

    I just got real nostalgic reminiscing my summer of 98'...that was a hot NYC summer that year.

  • @GMANKOOL23
    @GMANKOOL23 Před 11 měsíci +19

    This needs to be in 4K

    • @Melispottv
      @Melispottv Před 5 měsíci

      If does good on CZcams (views) 4k will come.

  • @C500X
    @C500X Před 11 měsíci +35

    Timeless Masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥

  • @toyimuthimuni
    @toyimuthimuni Před 11 měsíci +20

    All the way from Africa. Congratulations on the book of HOV. What you've been able to accomplish is nothing shot of a little magical and aloooot of hard work. Cried like a girl when you touched Johannesburg for the Mandela global citizen❤. Love hov

  • @lubanzi_official
    @lubanzi_official Před 11 měsíci +12

    😤Am I the only one who's in need of a new Hov album? It's been 6yrs since he dropped 4:44 & that was a classic🙌🏽💯

  • @reggie_lamayne
    @reggie_lamayne Před 7 měsíci +9

    I wasn't born when this dropped but issa banger!🔥

  • @bigjohnson721
    @bigjohnson721 Před 11 měsíci +29

    Timeless music hov always delivers

  • @dabrocheez1605
    @dabrocheez1605 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Even tho Jay spit harder on previous joints when I heard this rite here i knew he was here to for the long run str8 ☝🏽

  • @AyeGhxst
    @AyeGhxst Před 11 měsíci +20

    Loved Vol. 2 so much such a classic album!!

    • @joegrinefine
      @joegrinefine Před 8 měsíci +1

      My personal favorite of the lot….🧠🫀🎯💯

  • @takudzwamazwienduna
    @takudzwamazwienduna Před 11 měsíci +8

    This could just be my favorite track of all time, It made me a hip hop fan when I was just 7 (1999), one of my very few childhood memories.

  • @emendoza3028
    @emendoza3028 Před 11 měsíci +33

    a timeless classic!

  • @earthsaylove
    @earthsaylove Před 8 měsíci +5

    RIP 45 KING FOREVER! 🤲🏾💫🕊️

  • @thecunninlynguist
    @thecunninlynguist Před 8 měsíci +5

    Rip 45 king. Gave hov his breakthrough single

  • @PROD5VE
    @PROD5VE Před 11 měsíci +22

    Jay Z is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for him one day.

  • @athaliahkhola959
    @athaliahkhola959 Před 11 měsíci +5

    this is not just a song this is a poem

  • @drogbambumalanga8894
    @drogbambumalanga8894 Před 10 měsíci +4

    for my younger brother Jonathan ugochukwu Abanifi,died on 01-10-98.still feels like yesterday rip bro .see you at the resurrection

  • @jerrytwist4124
    @jerrytwist4124 Před 11 měsíci +7

    This tune is still 🔥🔥🔥

  • @juanantonioortiznunez8474
    @juanantonioortiznunez8474 Před 11 měsíci +65

    An ANTHEM🙌🏻

  • @FlawlessAvery
    @FlawlessAvery Před 11 měsíci +62

    THE DEFINITION OF REAL RAP !!!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @LTN9696
    @LTN9696 Před 11 měsíci +12

    A classic no doubt! Damn that took me back.

  • @Jeff07241
    @Jeff07241 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Instant Classic!

  • @Colloht
    @Colloht Před 11 měsíci +21

    Never gets old

  • @alexde3809
    @alexde3809 Před 16 dny +1

    Im still listening in 2024 and 25,26....😂 one of my favorite Songs!❤

  • @kleberbarros5350
    @kleberbarros5350 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Greatest rapper of all time 👑💯🐐

  • @nerdbamarich2063
    @nerdbamarich2063 Před 11 měsíci +3

    That Annie sample..Damn this takes me right back to the 90s...

  • @shonnadiamond6285
    @shonnadiamond6285 Před 11 měsíci +7

    THE LEGEND!

  • @funeats8201
    @funeats8201 Před 27 dny +1

    I miss this era so much. The world sucks now.

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Back when MTV, BET, VH1 and The Box played a lot of music videos

  • @davidsmoots9502
    @davidsmoots9502 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Real hood anthem!

  • @davidgrady5862
    @davidgrady5862 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Same year my daughter was born bumped it then and still jump it now.

  • @ForqiveMqrkel-
    @ForqiveMqrkel- Před 11 měsíci +8

    Love jay z man🔥🔥

  • @traviszxz
    @traviszxz Před 11 měsíci +11

    We needed this🔥

  • @44godson
    @44godson Před 11 měsíci +8

    🙌 always one if the dopest tracks brought into the world.

  • @sethaost4212
    @sethaost4212 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I get chills when I come back here time to time 999 don’t give up bros smoke one 😶‍🌫️❤️

  • @damagedone56
    @damagedone56 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Remember being 8 years old watchin this on BET for the 1st time ever

  • @heydind9800
    @heydind9800 Před 11 měsíci +6

    This song is amazing

  • @mohamedgaafar5184
    @mohamedgaafar5184 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Timeless.

  • @marvemarge9624
    @marvemarge9624 Před 10 měsíci +9

    The classic that’s never forgot truly amazing ❤ much love

  • @Ayeitsreniyaa
    @Ayeitsreniyaa Před 10 měsíci +7

    STILL AN BANGER❤️‍🔥

  • @norieisapotato
    @norieisapotato Před 11 měsíci +6

    I love this song

  • @LionnelOfficial
    @LionnelOfficial Před 11 měsíci +4

    Stick Up the world and split it 50/50🙏🏼amen

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Timeless classic

  • @user-zz5wb4fm2x
    @user-zz5wb4fm2x Před 18 dny +2

    Jay-Z go hard this time

  • @caligulaprobablemente
    @caligulaprobablemente Před 11 měsíci +7

    we need a 4k restoration, king.

  • @Iggy1977
    @Iggy1977 Před měsícem +1

    When hip-hop was still cool.

  • @rumham3070
    @rumham3070 Před 11 měsíci +8

    What happened to Dr. Evil's verse?

  • @maisharamoshaba9573
    @maisharamoshaba9573 Před 11 měsíci +4

    When you so successful, CZcams becomes your recycle bin

  • @IAMALISONROSE
    @IAMALISONROSE Před 11 měsíci +2

    Interesting we get these uploads after the Beyoncé Philly show, everyone was talking like Jay would make an appearance, shocked he didn’t.

  • @stevenjenga7171
    @stevenjenga7171 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Sometimes it is nice to trip on memories lane,it sincerely feels so good

  • @mackavelly
    @mackavelly Před 11 měsíci +2

    THE new york anthem

  • @godwinashongatiseyecstasys9532
    @godwinashongatiseyecstasys9532 Před 11 měsíci +4

    The Anthem ❤❤❤❤

  • @jessic178
    @jessic178 Před měsícem +1

    Hi still listening in 24 my boyfriend that passed love this track, frist time he heard it he was in the bath I always loved rap but I played this and it was like he understood the word’s love you Bubbles ❤

  • @BlakeWaddell100
    @BlakeWaddell100 Před 11 měsíci +12

    I listen to jay z every day

  • @TheAlkebulanTrust
    @TheAlkebulanTrust Před 11 měsíci +3

    In the #BookOfHov...this is a super classic.

  • @marydabaddestwilliams5962
    @marydabaddestwilliams5962 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Another classic 🥰 i love u jay😘

  • @carsonlovescarts
    @carsonlovescarts Před 11 měsíci +3

    I dont know how to sleep, I got to eat...stay on my toes!

  • @InsultablePerson
    @InsultablePerson Před 3 měsíci +1

    This hip-hop song goes very hard

  • @innobrosanosh8965
    @innobrosanosh8965 Před 29 dny +1

    Am listening from Nigeria 2024

  • @cowabunga5495
    @cowabunga5495 Před 8 měsíci +2

    RIP 45 King

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 Před 8 měsíci +2

    R.I.P. Mark James aka the 45 King

  • @RETROJAM500X123
    @RETROJAM500X123 Před 11 měsíci +8

    We need a real HD remaster of this classic with good sound, not this fake HD one with bad sound...the audio is horrible.

  • @aidanflynn1577
    @aidanflynn1577 Před 2 měsíci +1

    It is a hard life. I didn’t grow up in the ghetto but life is hard for most people.

  • @gavmorgan6432
    @gavmorgan6432 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Now I wanna watch Annie lol

  • @LaCheleWallace
    @LaCheleWallace Před 10 měsíci +3

    I sure did have this CD single spinning on repeat during the time.

  • @mike-Occslong
    @mike-Occslong Před 3 měsíci +1

    think this must of been record when the song frickin came out !

  • @benjaminmills9169
    @benjaminmills9169 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Let’s stick up the world and split it 50/50

  • @nathy-wordz
    @nathy-wordz Před 11 měsíci +2

    The Greatest. One of Them. The Only One, the J. The H.O.V. That Nigga Jigga. Jay To The Z. JAY-Z. Thanx and Respect. 💥✨

  • @tssamurai
    @tssamurai Před 11 měsíci +2

    Drop some new stuff!!

  • @jamesemartinjr
    @jamesemartinjr Před 8 měsíci +1

    Rip 45 King the ancestors got you always pushing hiphop forward in the authentic direction thank you sir

  • @celestialshoegazer
    @celestialshoegazer Před 11 měsíci +1

    This was the first Jay Z song, I ever heard.

  • @tannerneth5083
    @tannerneth5083 Před 11 měsíci +2

    dusted off my headphones for this one

  • @ArtemisMac111
    @ArtemisMac111 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I love this Trackball because you can relate to it no matter where in the world you are from....respect to the best🎉

  • @richb3459
    @richb3459 Před 2 měsíci +1

    My first explicit content album; eight and loving it. Might have won the golden egg a few months later... Fuk n/a

  • @urbannuance5151
    @urbannuance5151 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Re releasing a classic? Sometimes you gotta remind them, Hov!