DMX’s debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot was released May 19th, 1998. The album is widely considered classic by numerous hip hop fans and critics. The album debuted at #1 on The Billboard 200 and sold 251,000 copies in its first week. It was certified 4x Platinum by RIAA on December 18, 2000.

DMX’s sophomore (second) album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood was released December 22, 1998. It entered the charts at number one (and stayed there for 3 consecutive weeks) with an impressive 670,000 units shipped in the first week. The album eventually went 3x Platinum in the US.

He is the second rapper to have two albums released in the same calendar year to debut at number one on Billboard’s Top 200, the first being Tupac Shakur in 1996 with his albums All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.

A reference to Snoop’s own hit single “Gin and Juice” from the same album, Doggystyle. The line is identical to the last line of the first verse in “Gin and Juice”.

“Gz Up, Hoes Down” was also the title of a track on Doggystyle which was included in the first pressing of the album, but removed from later pressings due to a sample licensing issue.

A reference to the 1992 film Juice, which was legendary rapper Tupac’s first movie role as the starring character (Bishop). The film touches on the lives of four black youths growing up in Harlem. It follows the day to day activities in the young men’s lives starting out as innocent mischief but growing more serious as time passes by. It also focuses on the struggles that these young men must go through everyday as well such as police, harassment, and their families. Tupac’s performance gained him critical acclaim in acting, specifically for the legendary lines

You’re right, I am crazy. But you know what else? I don’t give a fuck

Sha is comparing the impact and devastation of the deaths of legendary rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. to the deaths of legendary black rights activists Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.. All 4 of them were murdered.

After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, Malcolm X returned to the United States, where he founded Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In February 1965, less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Amaru Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center, where he died six days later.

On March 9, 1997, Biggie Smalls was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.

A reference to Nate’s verse on the Snoop Doggy Dogg song “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)” from Snoop’s classic 1993 debut album Doggystyle. The original lines being referenced throughout the rest of Nate’s verse are

When I met you last night, baby
Before you opened up your gap
I had respect for you, lady
But now I take it all back
Cause you gave me all your pussy
And you even licked my balls

Nate’s flow, rhyming style, and rhymes in his verse all seem to be reminiscent of the “Ain’t No Fun” verse

“Youtube” is the biggest and most popular video-sharing website on the internet, created in February 2005. It includes a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos. It the the third most visited site in the world, according to the Alexa internet rankings.

Among the millions of videos are many music files, without an accompanying video, just to have the audio file for viewers to listen to. This can be an alternative to buying the music from itunes (or the actual CD), preventing the artist and the label from making any money from the song. There are even sites dedicated to converting Youtube audio files into MP3 audio files that can be saved onto your computer/itunes. Record labels are doing worse because of sites like Youtube, which gain more hits due to these songs, therefore the labels are losing while Youtube is winning.

The entire song is based around the fictional character Brenda’s baby, which was the main theme of the 1991 Tupac song “Brenda’s Got a Baby” from his 1992 debut studio album 2Pacalypse Now. Recorded and released in 2011, Brenda’s baby would have been 20 years old at the time of this song’s release, assuming that she was born at the time the original Tupac song was released.