Who You Is?

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"Who You Is?"
Single by Kenya
from the album Harlem Renaissance
Released May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30)
Format CD · Digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre Hip–hop
Label Saturdays Records
Writer(s) Kenya Harlem · Shondrae Crawford
Producer Bangladesh
Kenya singles chronology
"Better Than Midnight"
(2011)
"Who You Is?"
(2011)
"I Been On That"
(2014)

"Who You Is?" is a hip–hop song performed by American recording artist Kenya for her debut solo album Harlem Renaissance (2011). The song was written by Kenya and Shondrae Crawford, with the latter providing production under the stage name Bangladesh. It was released as the album's fourth single on May 30, 2011. "Who You Is?" is an R&B song, which is set in a hip hop groove, and carries a stuttering beat. Its lyrics deliver messages of independence and self–empowerment. The song boasts a beat and a bassline similar to those of another Bangladesh 2008 production, "A Milli" by American rapper, Lil Wayne; critics coined "Who You Is?" as a "female companion" to the latter.

"Who You Is?" received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who had polarized opinions concerning its affiliation with "A Milli". Despite being released to rhythmic and urban radios only in the US, the song peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and attained a high point of number three on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It charted at number six in the UK, becoming Kenya's first single as a lead artist to miss the top five. It sold 157,592 copies there, making it Kenya's lowest selling single to date. Kenya performed the song on her first headlining tour, the Harlem Renaissance Tour (2011).