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Edai is referring to the Fly Boy Gang (FBG), that includes Lil Jay, Billionaire Black, and other drill rappers—all of whom have he has beef with. FBG is known to dance in their videos.

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Dapper Dan owned a boutique in Harlem. He created everything from custom clothing to furniture for celebrities since the 80s'.

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Some of the older members of street gangs are joining the Nation of Islam.

Some leaders of the NOI have criminal records.

Even before joining “the Nation”, Malcolm X) had a criminal past.

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Ice Cube is referring to the Rampart Scandal. More than 70 police officers either assigned to or associated with the Rampart CRASH unit were implicated in some form of misconduct, making it one of the most widespread cases of documented police misconduct in United States history, responsible for a laundry list of offenses including unprovoked shootings, unprovoked beatings, planting of false evidence, frameups, stealing and dealing narcotics, bank robbery, perjury, and the covering up of evidence of these activities.

Of course the L.A.P.D. is the reason why Ice Cube wrote a dedication song to them.

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CIS is College Intermediate School, a former school in Long Beach that Warren G attended.

Snoop Dogg recently tweeted a photo of him and his brother Jerry aka Dirty Left on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/SnoopDogg/status/393514782588157952

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Cold187um stated in an interview that Above the Law used to be deep in the drug trade before making music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OW_A1KV8q8

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Eazy-E has made a song about 40 Ounce Malt Liqour called Sippin On A 40.

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This line was sampled from Ice-T’s 1986 song “Dog'n the Wax.” The sample comes in at the 48 second mark:

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Doe Boy is an artist from Cleveland, Ohio signed to Future’s Label FreeBandz.

Doe Boy was charged with armed robbery in 2013.

Future questions in these lines also his responsibility and if he’s partly guilty for Doe Boy catching a case.

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