Gloria Carter and Adnes Reeves

Meaning

These are Jay-Z’s parents (Gloria is the one speaking in this song). Pops left the family when Jay-Z was 11

(Jay’s anger towards his father is a huge meme: watch him get emotional here, and forgive his dad later after the two met up before the father’s death)

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