He may have gone onto be sponsored by Hennessy later in life, but at one point it seems Nas struggled with addiction.

To reach his highs, he had to endure the lowest of lows. If he was $999,000 dollars from attaining a million – had only had $1,000 to his name.

Snoop Dogg is referring to people thinking that he was a “Studio Gangster” which is when a gangsta rapper is only hard when they step in the studio and in real life is a phoney.

Snoop is really about that life though

DJ Premier and Royce Da 5'9" have worked together on numerous occasions. Furthermore, “Full Clip” is a song by Gang Starr, the collaborative duo of DJ Premier and the rapper Guru.

Related to the two lines prior to this, Cats (other rappers or onlookers), seem to think that the rap game and the talent possessed by Malice was just handed to him. He mentions how the heartbreaks he suffered helped mould him to where he is now, yet even with his great punchlines/flow, he still feels belittled rapping among the fake rappers, who are silly enough to make Malice laugh when he hears their trash.

She is young and thinks she is ready for the world. She feels like she’s already independent and can do things on her own. This is why she never listened to her mother or brother in the previous lines. She thinks she has everything figured out.

Malice keeps cocaine in the trunk of his car.

Since recording this verse, Pusha has gone onto release four solo projects, including his critically acclaimed debut solo album, My Name Is My Name. At the time, he was not signed to West’s G.O.O.D. Music (Getting Out Our Dreams) and was only in Hawaii to record. He spoke about the process in an interview with The Guardian:

Honestly, I was only supposed to stay in Hawaii for a weekend and I stayed for one month. By the time I came home, I was signed to [West’s label] Good Music.

With their copious amounts of cussing, sleeping with girls, and doing drugs, rappers come off as impious. Pusha feels like the CNNs of the world should respect rappers for their craft. Pusha talks a lot about this “young rich nigga” concept.