Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry

from Jay-Z (Ft. Alicia Keys) – Empire State of Mind Lyrics on Rap Genius

“In the kitchen” refers to cooking up crack (cf. here, here, and here)

Vanessa and Angela Simmons, the twentysomething daughters of Reverend Run of Run-D.M.C., run Pastry, an apparel and shoe brand

“Kitchen” also could be a reference to the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood on Manhattan’s West side.

Also an umpteenth reference to Russell Simmons, the original Def Jam’s founder and hip hop pioneer, who Jay cites as a mentor, who (according to Jay) sold fake crack to fiends before he got rich

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