Dead Presidents II is a hip-hop song by American rapper Jay-Z, released as the fourth track on his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996. The song represents one of Jay-Z's earliest commercial and critical successes, establishing him as a significant figure in 1990s East Coast hip-hop and the emerging mafioso rap subgenre. Dead Presidents II appears as the fourth track on the album's 14-track listing. The song was preceded by an earlier version titled simply Dead Presidents, which was released as a promotional single in 1996.

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