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Price on My Head

2019 song by Nav featuring The Weeknd

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ65087166 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Price on My Head" is a song by Canadian rapper Nav, featuring vocals from Canadian singer the Weeknd. The song was released through XO Records and Republic Records as the second single from Nav's second studio album, Bad Habits, on March 26, 2019. The song marks Nav and the Weeknd's second collaboration since Nav's single, "Some Way" from his self-titled mixtape (2017). The song was produced by Derek Wise from Canadian hip hop duo 88Glam and AlexOnWeed.

Lyrics

The song features lyrics about being envied for one's "fame and wealth".

Music video

A music video for the track directed by Kid. Studio was released on March 26, 2019. It is set in Toronto, the hometown of both Nav and the Weeknd, and was described as "apocalyptic" and "intense".

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Price on My Head” is 2019 song by Nav featuring The Weeknd. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Price, Head and song, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2019. For this dossier, Price, Head and song is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “2019 song by Nav featuring The Weeknd” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65087166. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2019 and 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Price on My Head” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.