"4 My People" is a hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 song written by American

United States

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 rapper/singer Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

 and her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley

Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....

 for Elliott's third studio album Miss E... So Addictive (2001). It was released as the third single from the album in 2001. It features guest vocals from fellow American singer Eve.

The song failed to chart on the American Billboard

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 charts but reached a peak position of number five in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 due to heavy airplay of the Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...

 remix. It also charted at number two in the Netherlands, as well as peaking inside the top 40 in Germany, Switzerland, France and Sweden.

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Dutch Singles Chart	2
French Singles Chart	37
German Singles Chart	21
Swedish Singles Chart	19
Swiss Singles Chart	40
UK Singles Chart	5