MCU: What Song Is In The Black Panther Trailer?

T'Challa + Run The Jewels = Perfection.

Run The Jewels Legend Has It
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If you watched the first Black Panther trailer with the same excitement as the majority of the world, you will no doubt have commented on how well the tub-thumping hip hop track chosen to accompany the incredible looking visuals fit. It was another high-point for Marvel's increasingly impressive marketing department to clash the Wakandan natural environments with that bruising track.

And to answer a question that a significant number of fans will no doubt be asking: the song used in the Black Panther trailer is 'Legend Has It' by the American hip hop group Run the Jewels, from their crowd-pleasing album Run The Jewels 3.

Here it is in full...

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There's no doubting the delightful synchronicity between the line "You think I'm lion, you right, see my teeth" and the film's wider themes of political and power challenge.

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The hip-hop supergroup is made up of legendary rap stars El-P and Killer Mike, who have so far released three studio albums to huge critical acclaim. If this trailer grows their fanbase, it's a truly great thing.

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