{"id":159631,"date":"2022-01-14T12:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=159631"},"modified":"2022-01-14T12:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:38:48","slug":"napoleon-da-legend-just-music-beats-modus-operandi-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/napoleon-da-legend-just-music-beats-modus-operandi-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoleon Da Legend &#038; Just Music Beats &#8211; Modus Operandi (Album)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WJHAZSy3mGQ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Napoleon Da Legend<\/strong> is starting the year off with a collaboration album with Marseille-based production team <strong>Just Music Beats<\/strong>. <em>Modus Operandi<\/em> features <strong>Akhenaton<\/strong> of legendary <strong>IAM<\/strong>, <strong>Torae<\/strong>, <strong>The Bad Seed<\/strong>, <strong>Nejma Nefertiti<\/strong>, <strong>Innocent?<\/strong> and <strong>DJ Stresh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Stream \/ Buy <em>Modus Operandi<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/modusoperandijmndl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/napoleondalegend.bandcamp.com\/album\/modus-operandi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Paris-born, to the Comoros Islands, then Washington DC raised, the son of an immigrant family, <strong>Napoleon<\/strong> 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\u2019s song \u201cBlack Privilege\u201d led him to be featured at the Essence Festival in 2017. He was then invited to perform live on FOX 5\u2019s Good Day DC.<\/p>\n<p>NDL\u2019s message of empowerment, community, and self-determination through music doesn\u2019t stop there. 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