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Tyler Perry’s movies and shows are directed towards an African-American audience, specifically older women. He is known for movies like Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea Goes to Jail.

However director Spike Lee, who always has something to say, claimed that Perry’s movies and shows were “coonery” which is pretty much the equivalent of samboism

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D (DMC), J (Jam Master Jay) and Rev Run are all members of the classic hip hop group Run-D.M.C.

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Lyrics from a freestyle that Immortal Technique did in Brooklyn back in 2006.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpXCYyw5RtM

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My Moment is an anthem to anyone working hard to achieve their dream. 2 Chainz and Meek Mill were the perfect duo to express the feeling of “waiting on my moment.” They had just reached mainstream success and were reflecting on their grind to get to the moment they were now experiencing.

2 Chainz’s career did not take off when he was signed to Ludacris' label Disturbing the Peace, quoted as saying:

To me, I wasn’t going anywhere. It had a glass ceiling. So, I just wanted to get on my own, start over, from the ground up with the hustle.

He would go on to sign to Def Jam recordings and at the time of this recording was seeing massive success from the singles released off of Based on a T.R.U Story, he had truly reached his moment.

Meek Mill was also in his moment at the recording of this song. Riding off the waves he made from “I’m a boss” and “House Party” along with his Dreamchasers 2 mixtape, which was downloaded 1.2 million times within the first 6 hours of it’s drop. He would go on to later in the year release Dreams & Nightmares, an album certified gold by the RIAA.

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Condoleeza Rice worked in the Bush administration as National Security Advisor. In Bush’s 2nd term, she was appointed to Secretary of State.

Sally Hemmings was President Thomas Jefferson’s slave, and Jefferson had children with Hemmings. This isn’t the first time Immortal Technique has made this reference.

In other words, Condoleeza Rice was exploited by George Bush in the same way that Thomas Jefferson exploited Sally Hemmings, highlighting the ways in which, historically, the success of those whites in power is built upon the exploitation of black bodies.

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In the Qu'ran, Jesus is considered a messenger of god, the belief that Jesus was a prophet is required in Islam:

And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah.
Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.

     -Quran sura 5, (Al-Ma'ida), ayat 46-47

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In 1999, the British DJ Tim Westwood was shot in a drive by shooting while driving through Kennington, South London.

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The Irish Republican Army is a terrorist group in Ireland fighting for independence. Their goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and incorporate a socialist republic in a United Ireland

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Patricia Hearst was a kidnap victim in 1974 who was also a convicted bank robber due to Stockholm Syndrome.This is a phenomena that happens when a victim of a kidnapping feels sympathy for their captors.

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Burn rubber” is referring to driving extremely fast.

Britain’s Princess Diana died in 1997 after suffering massive injuries in a high-speed car crash.

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