Who Gon Stop Me
| "Who Gon Stop Me" | |
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| Song by Jay-Z and Kanye West | |
| from the album Watch the Throne | |
| Released | August 8, 2011 | 
| Studio | (The Mercer) Hotel (New York) | 
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| Length | 4:17 | 
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"Who Gon Stop Me" is a song by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative studio album, Watch the Throne (2011). The song features additional vocals from Mr Hudson, Swizz Beatz, and Verse Simmonds. It was produced by Sham "Sak Pase" Joseph and West with additional production from Mike Dean; the producers served as co-writers with Jay-Z, Simmonds, and Flux Pavilion. The song's concept came from Simmonds and Joseph, the former of whom followed Jay-Z and West's mindset to write the hook.
Flux Pavilion believed the song differed from his sampled track "I Can't Stop", after Jay-Z and West added their own work. An experimental track that combines dubstep and grime with rap music, "Who Gon Stop Me" prominently samples Flux Pavilion's "I Can't Stop". Lyrically, the song sees West expressing his determination to live a lifestyle of extravaganza and Jay-Z honoring his success from their positions as African Americans. The song received moderately positive reviews from music critics, who mostly highlighted West's performance. Some praised its dubstep sound, while critics were more lukewarm towards Jay-Z's performance and were mixed towards his lyricism.
The song reached numbers 44 and 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Hot 100, respectively. It received a gold certification in the United States from the Recording Industry Association of America. Jay-Z and West performed "Who Gon Stop Me" live on their Watch the Throne Tour (2011–2012), later beginning their set with the song at Samsung Galaxy's South by Southwest concert in 2014. It is featured in Baz Luhrmann's historical romance drama film The Great Gatsby (2013), an adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same name.