What does Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) sample?
Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life hook is sung by orphans from a Broadway musical.
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) · Jay-Z
Where it came from
- Samples It's the Hard Knock Life (from the musical Annie, 1977). A pitched-up sample of the orphans' song from Annie. Source: Wikipedia: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
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