"Fighting My Demons" is a song by American rapper Ken Carson. It was released on October 13, 2023, from Carson's third studio album, A Great Chaos. It was collaboratively produced by Bart How, Lvis, Outtatown, Star Boy, and Warren Hunter. Star Boy's producer tag is used near the song's climax.
Critical reception Writing for HipHopDX, Will Gedron stated that on the track, "Carson is able to channel the most exciting cadences of his career into a maximalist, galactic swell". He also noted that "the rest of his verse alternates between straight-line raps and pagan chants, sometimes stopping for a half-second before moving onto the next line. It’s a microcosm of the way he builds out his flows on the whole record — delivered as if his nose hasn’t been clear for months". In 2025, Complex named it the fourth greatest rage song of all time.
Music video The Cole Bennett-directed music video was released on the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel. It features glitchy visuals of Ken Carson partying and rapping his own lyrics, and is described as "a montage of grainy, 3D footage – that resembles content shot on night-vision goggles".
Usage in media
The song was used in the video game NBA 2K25.
Personnel Credits and personnel adapted from Tidal.
Musicians Kenyatta Frazier Jr. – vocals Star Boy – production Outtatown – production Bart How – production Lvis – production Warren Hunter – production
Technical Colin Leonard – mastering Roark Bailey – mixing Corey Moon – recording
Charts + Chart performance for "Fighting My Demons" Chart (2023) Peakposition New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 14
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