E.D.I. Mean was (and still is) in 2pac’s group Outlawz
And Big Syke was in 2pac’s earlier group Thug Life. After Thug Life broke up Big Syke joined the Outlawz under the alias Mussolini.

Referencing Diddy’s former group Diddy — Dirty Money which disbanded in 2012

A reference to Black Girl Lost from Nas' sophomore album It Was Written

A reference to the film Streets Is Watching which is a collection of unreleased Jay-Z videos all strung together to make a film

like this but less John Locke-ish

A reference to the line earlier in the verse:

Niggas thought M.O.P. stand for “mop” and shit

explaining to everyone what M.O.P stands for

A reference to the opening line in the original

I’m the definition of: half man, half drugs

Much like someone else we know…

Possibly a reference to the oft-quoted line from the first verse of N.Y. State of Mind:

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death

The corner of 12th and Lawrence street in Detroit. Where Elzhi grew up.