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GZA’s Wu-Gambino alias is Maximillion, taken from the 1984 gangster film Once Upon a Time in America starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. This is also where Masta Killa’s alias Noodles comes from.

According to Raekwon:

Noodles and Max was partners. I felt like GZA was like Maximillian because he was like the brains of the crew. He would say something real intellectual and smart.

The Wu-Gambino aliases were introduced on Raekwon’s Cuban Linx album, released just a few months before GZA’s album.

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Johnny Blaze-is another name that Method Man goes by.

Method Man was was named after the character in the comic “Ghost Rider”

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This line goes along with the line above. When Rocko shoots you, hopefully for him there wont be any witnesses around to give the police information about the shooting.

A slight allusion to the The Notorious B.I.G. song “Who Shot Ya?”.

An artful line!

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The Twinz- are a hip hop duo from Long Beach, California, consisting of twin brothers Deon “Trip Locc” Williams and Dewayne “Wayniac” Williams. They were signed to Warren G’s label G-Funk Entertainment

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A nod to his Half Brother Dr. Dre hit single Nuthin' But A G Thang

Warren G also made an appearance in Nuthin' But A G Thang Music Video.

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All this girl has to do is page Tupac if she wants to see him.

Now you kids might not understand what a pager is. Before there were iPhones and Androids, there were pagers. Pager is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays numeric or text messages, or receives and announces voice messages.

An example of what a pager looks like:

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Another reference to the record label Death Row Records which Tupac signed to when he was released from jail in 1995.

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Cradle to the Grave" (referred as: Cradle 2 the Grave) is a song on Thug Life (the first group of 2Pac) album, Thug Life Volume 1. It is the only song from the album to hit the singles charts, peaking at #25 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and #91 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

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The wheels on the car Mack 10 drives are Dayton Wheels.

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