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Cameo is a gentleman’s club in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has become the spot for rappers visiting the Queen City, especially during the weekend of the CIAA college basketball tournament in late February.

In 2013, Drake spent $50,000 making it rain in Cameo.

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Dolph is referring to the famous 1964 picture of civil rights leader Malcolm X holding a rifle while peering out the window.

Malcolm X is actually holding a M2 Carbine in the image, not an AK-47.

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Stanford University in Palo Alto, California is consistently ranked as one of the best, and most expensive, colleges in the country. Attending Stanford cost almost $61,000 per year for out-of-state students.

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Like Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker went to the NBA from the University of Connecticut (called UConn for short), Dame moved on from the negatives or cons in his former environment to become a NBA star.

Interestingly enough, Kemba was also seen as a snub for the 2016 All-Star Game as well.

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Where Yachty is from, it’s hard to stay in the streets because the don’t give a fuck about you; they’re heartless and cold like Minnesota, the 4th coldest state in America.

Yachty has actually been to Minnesota before, stating “that shit is freezing”.

https://youtu.be/2wP3GFYYDKA?t=35m34s

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As a former NBA Rookie of the Year and two-time All-Star, there is no doubt that Lillard is one of the brightest young stars in the league. So bright that you need shades protect your eyes when you watch him play.

These lines were also in Lillard’s twitter bio when he dropped the song.

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Under his rap alias Dame D.O.L.L.A, Portland Trailblazers point guard Damian Lillard dropped this Jahlil Beats-produced head knocker the Wednesday after the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend. The track features Brookfield Duece, who is Damian’s cousin.

“They Sleep” seems to be a response to Damian being snubbed from the All-Star game after making it the two previous years. Despite star power forward Lamarcus Aldrige going to San Antonio (and being picked as a 2016 All-Star), Lillard led the Blazers to a 27-27 record at the All-Star break, good enough for 7th place in the Western Conference.

https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/699991058302644224

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In 2014, the Portland Trailblazers won their first playoff series in 14 years thanks to Dame hitting a clutch game-winning three to win game 6. They won the series against the Houston Rockets 4-2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mejFtEY5faU

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In a classic case of “You could have avoided this L if you just checked Genius first”, the reviewer thought that the lines in question were a reference to Phetasy’s article on rape culture “Bill Cosby Raped Me…Kind Of” when Ye just used the name Bridget because it is a common name for white women.

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When you realize this wasn’t meant as a joke:

I don’t know how in the world you can call Post Malone a Future knockoff if you have ears. In an interview with Post in 2015, Noisey had a pretty spot on description of his music:

hazy trap numbers that exchange the guttural grit of a Future or Young Thug for a clean-voiced, questioning, musical theater grade earnestness

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