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Due to his impact on rap, Nas is predicting that the day of his death will eventually be a celebratory day of remembrance. Seems about right for a man that dropped what is regarded as the greatest hip hop album of all time.

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Phife Dawg is only 5' 3" (1.60 m).

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This refers to the Pontiac Bonneville.

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This refers to 2pac’s song “Against All Odds” off of the previous mentioned Death row records.

Kendrick uses this line to continue the Tupac reference started in J. Cole’s verse.

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This refers to Master P’s “Bout It Bout It” off of No Limit records the previous mentioned label.

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Kendrick pays homage to some of the most influential labels of the south and west. Although it was founded in Cali, No Limit Records was based out of New Orleans, Louisiana for most of its existence. It was founded by Master P and created a lot of southern classics by P, C-Murder, Soulja Slim, and others. Death Row Records, founded by Suge Knight in Los Angeles, is responsible for classic records like All Eyez On Me by Tupac and Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg. .

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“YAOWA!” is the famous phrase Joell Ortiz makes in his songs.

Here is Joell Explaining the phrase:

“I got so many meanings of yaowa, it’s crazy,” Ortiz laughed. “First, it’s used as a term of endearment for dudes around my way. How you say, ‘What up?’ We say, ‘Yaowa!’ It came from my man Smash. Shout to Smash. He used to be really drunk around the way. It’s a distance between the buildings. He used to be saying, ‘Yo, what up?’ But he’d be so drunk, it sounded like he was saying, ‘Yawhuhup?’ He’d be twisted. I just turned it into yaowa. Every time I get on a beat, I say, ‘Yaowa,’ before I rap on it. Then I started playing around with it and turned it into [meaning]: ‘you’re actually one world away.’ I be feeling like my flow is not of Earth. I zone out, become an alien with it. On another freestyle, I said, ‘I’ll put you in a hospital because my flow is so sick.’ That’s ‘your ass on wild anesthetics.’ I just be spazzin' out with the yaowa. But it’s a term of endearment around my way.” (MTV)

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Joe Paterno was famously fired for not reporting the sexual encounters of the former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky. The fact the Joe Paterno didn’t snitch has become one of the biggest sports scandals ever. Consequently, he was fired, his wins were vacated, his statue was removed, and he died shortly after the scandal broke out.

In the urban community, snitching has often been looked upon as an act no one should ever commit. Snitching is not in the code of the hood! Suge Knight once famously said if he knew who killed Tupac he would not snitch.

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Joselyn is on the TV show Love & Hip-Hop. There has been speculation that she is actually a man due to her physical appearance. In response to that, she posted nude pictures online to prove her gender.

Here Royce uses her manly features and compares them to his audience. He is saying her shoulders are so wide that they are like his fan base that consists of many different genders and demographics.

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This song was released in 2008. LeBron James was in his 5th season and was only 23 years old. His Cleveland teams were heavily favored to win the NBA Championship. Four years later, he left the Cavs and joined the Miami Heat. He is now an NBA Champion.

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