The story of a song: Ghetto Supastar (That is What You Are) [feat. Ol Dirty Bastard and Mýa] - Pras (2024)

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Produced by Pras and Wyclef Jean, with co-production from Jerry 'Wonda" Duplessis and Che Pope, it interpolates Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's 1983 single "Islands in the Stream", as written by the Bee Gees, and samples "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" by James Brown.

Mýa and Ol' Dirty Bastard's 'Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)' sample of Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's 'Islands in the Stream'

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Ghetto Superstar (Samples Islands In The Stream) (Feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya) — Ol' Dirty Bastard | Last.fm.

"The Ghetto" is a socially conscious, mostly instrumental jazz-flavored anthem, released as the first single off American soul singer Donny Hathaway's debut album, Everything Is Everything, released as a single in 1969 on Atlantic Records. The song was co-written by Hathaway and Leroy Hutson.

U.S. federal prosecutors allege the “Ghetto Superstar” rapper attempted to covertly influence American officials on Low's behalf, including by funneling millions of dollars into Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign through various straw donors, and later trying to get Donald Trump to send a Chinese dissident— ...

After Public Enemy's usage of the song was highly praised, samples of "Darkest Light" appeared in several more notable rap and R&B songs, including "Back to the Hotel" by N2Deep, the multi-platinum 1992 single "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-n-Effect, and the 2006 single "Show Me What You Got" by Jay-Z.

The instrumental of the song contains a vocal sample of SWV's song "You're Always on My Mind" (from the group's debut album It's About Time), a song that was already used by Brown in an interpolation for the 2017 single "Always" by A1, where he was featured alongside Ty Dolla $ign.

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It was shot in Jamaica by Sanaa Hamri. It shows the storyline of the lyrics and what it was like for Cham and Alicia Keys to live in a ghetto area.

Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne.

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The music video for "Got Your Money" uses footage from the 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite.

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