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Strick was briefly signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1999. Here he explains how signing to Tommy Boy messed up his career.

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R. Kelly is from Chicago, Illinois and Nelly is from St. Louis, Missouri. Both cities are located in Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ill Will Records, named after Nas' deceased best friend, was a record label founded by Nas. The label was home to Nas and Bravehearts

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Supporting the above line, Game hints here that his grandmother’s prayers saved his foes from his troubles

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At this time Irv Gotti hinted on signing Nas to Murder Inc Records. That would have seen Nas' Ill Will Records join forces with Murder Inc

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Nas has the words God’s Son tattooed across his belly

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The Nuthin' but a ‘G’ Thang video by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg shows a snobbish female party-goer humiliated by being sprayed with shaken-up malt liquor

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Penny Hardaway is a former American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. Lil Penny was his alter ego which was made into a puppet voiced by Chris Rock in a series of Nike shoe commercials from 1994 to 1998.

Hardaway and Lil Penny

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He made money from selling his rock, he was spending it like he’s from Hollygrove, New Orleans where Lil Wayne is from. Lil Wayne is signed to Cash Money Records

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Game wanted to be like Hov (Jay-Z), either as a hustler or as a rapper. He started with a little rock as in selling drugs. It could also mean he started with a small team as ROC is Jay-Z’s team.

Rock is also a play on ROC, short for Roc-A-Fella, Rocawear, Roc Nation etc¨

Could also mean that he started with a little rock as in diamonds and now got a big ass rock cause he’s a multi-millionare

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