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Air Force Ones, the classic Nike shoe. (Air Force One is the presidential plane, which flies)

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Ev’s nickname is The Weatherman, and it also is the name of his first solo album. This album is called Cats & Dogs (as in raining cats and dogs), so The Weatherman is predicting the rain.

It could also be a play on homophones rain and reign, hinting at a takeover of the rap game.

Furthermore, the monsoon in South Asia is known for bringing vast amounts of rain.

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This is a reference to his song, I Still Love You which was the last track off The Weatherman and was dedicated to his mother.

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One of Evidence’s nicknames is “The Weatherman” (which is also his first solo album title), and this song is the intro to this album, Cats & Dogs, so Ev is showing the transition from The Weatherman LP to Cats & Dogs

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Evidence is L.A. born and raised, and it is evident that he is in love with his city, his logo is inspired by the LA Dodger’s symbol, and he shouts out to LA in a lot of his album artworks.

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Ev’s mom is a Russian immigrant, and Ev says this by using Sarah Palin’s iconic quote “I can see Russia from my house” and flipping it, so that Ev’s mom saw America from Russia, which really means that Ev’s mom immigrated from Russia to the US

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Referring to people thinking that he is Buket, the famous spray painter from LA. The confusion comes from this video, where he co-signs Buket in the beginning.

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Evidence originally came up with the name “Evident” for himself, but Will.I.Am (of the Black Eyed Peas) mispronounced the name “Evidence” and he’s stuck to the name since.

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Evidence writes his rhymes by hand and doesn’t use word processing software. He’s talking about something like a vintage timepiece or doing something the old fashioned manual way – the way he writes his lyrics.

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Bob Costas is a famous sportscaster (a very good one), so he is well known with all kinds of athletes including basketball players

And, following with the Bad Boy theme of the video, “ballers and shotcallers” is a reference to “All About the Benjamins” by Puff Daddy

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