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Ace grinds in order to support his family and keep them out of the ghettos – a regular minimum wage paying job won’t provide the funds needed in order to do that.

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This intro was not included in the original version of the song, but was apart of the remastered update which was released on May 12, 2013 – the same day the video was released.

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Unlike other rappers who claim to be millionaires but can’t back up the talk, Ace is worth approximately $5 million. The success of this song only helped him out even more.

Not bad for a guy who was at one point broke even after putting out two albums.

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December 4th is an influential date in hip hop – it is Jay-Z’s birthday and Pimp C’s deathday. Kweli acknowledges the impact their music has had.

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Rockie reps his MMG family by promoting their future projects, and also notes that you have not seen rich niggas until you’ve seen MMG.

https://twitter.com/MaybachMusicGrp/status/69227945352364034

  • Mastermind refers to Rick Ross, as he announced that as the title of his sixth studio album, which was released March 4th, 2014.

  • The Gifted refers to Wale, which was announced as his 3rd studio album, released on June 25th, 2013.

  • The Dreamchaser refers to Meek Mill, who is known for his Dreamchasers mixtape series.

  • Stalley’s debut album is also set to release soon, as he recently released the lead single from the album, Swangin'.

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Chris Brown loves to make love to Rihanna. Just them alone, no interruptions.

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One of the few songs off the Krizzle mixtape that includes a feature, fellow Southern rapper T-James.

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The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands. They are known primarily for their tourism.

This is also a reference to Drake’s opening lyrics on Rozay’s remix of “Us”.

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DJ Khaled and Rick Ross are like brothers. Khaled was an instrumental part of Ross' initial success in Miami, which led to his major record label deal with Def Jam. At least a quarter of the songs on every Khaled album has a Ross feature on it, including most of the singles such as We Taking Over, I’m So Hood, Out Here Gridin', Fed Up, All I Do Is Win, I’m On One, Take It To The Head, etc.

https://twitter.com/rickyrozay/status/273088802791256064
https://twitter.com/djkhaled/status/264597068113391617

Could also be a reference to the 1985 movie, Flesh and Blood, as Ross had mentioned blood in the previous line.

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The first single for DJ Khaled’s seventh studio effort, Suffering From Success.

“No New Friends” is the spiritual successor to Started From the Bottom, the lead single for Drake’s Nothing Was the Same. Originally meant to be a remix, it evolved into the track you have before you.

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