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Omillio Sparks is one-half of former Roc-a-fella artists O and Sparks. A gun sparks when it has been shot

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In the video, Big’s “creep up from behind” move entails grabbing the dude who just bought her a drink by the face and shoving him out of the way.

In real life, Biggie’s courtship style was less straightforward. Puffy remembered:

Around women he was a charmer. He didn’t really make the first move, and a lot of times it just happened from, “Pleased to meet you.” He would get introduced to people and when he said “pleased to meet you” to a girl it rang a different way. I guess they was caught off guard by how much of a gentleman he was, how smooth he was and also how he didn’t try to continue on the conversation. That made her feel comfortable. They’d lay in the cut, something else would happen, and then they’d start laughing. They’d see the humor and it was a wrap."

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He’s referencing a Range Rover luxury SUV and a Lexus GS300 sedan:

The rover/come over rhyme seems to be a twist on the children’s game “Red Rover,” in which people on the opposing team are told: “Red rover, red rover, send [X] on over”

Big also referenced Range Rovers on:

His love of Lexus is even more evident—he referenced the brand on:

The reference for the latter is as follows:

Them niggas ride dicks
Frank White push the six
Or the Lexus, LX, four and a half
Bulletproof glass, tints if I want some ass

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Big’s in the back of the club—where V.I.P. area is traditionally located—sipping Moët Chandon champagne, making conversation, and smoking weed. This scene was brought to life in the song’s Hype Williams-directed music video:

Big also endorsed Moët on “Juicy” and “Everyday Struggle,” along with the pre-Ready To Die track “Party & Bullshit”. After his debut, Big seems to have moved on from the brand to Cristal, a trendier brand preferred by the Roc-A-Fella crew.

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Biggie and Gutter had two places where they would sell crack. Being smart businessmen, they had a package deal and used vials with blue tops to mark their product

Gutter would make a notorious—and pause-worthy—later appearance in “What’s Beef”:

Don’t they know my nigga Gutter fuckin' kidnap kids
Fuck ‘em in the ass, throw 'em over the bridge?"

On the intro of “C.R.E.A.M.,” Raekwon and Method Man narrate selling crack vials for the same price.

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His watch, rings, and bracelets have so much “ice” (they have so many diamonds embedded in them) that he calls them “frostbit”, and people around him continue the “ice” puns.

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Biggie takes the whole getting-the-newest-car-out meme one step further and tries to drive cars that don’t even exist. Now that’s baller!

Actually, the Grober Mercedes (aka Mercedes-Benz 770) was produced from 1930-1943. Biggie never claimed to be a historian, so all is forgiven.

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Frank Sinatra was often rumored to have extensive Mob ties, going so far as to allegedly run money to Cuba for them. The Mob-connected singer Johnny Fontaine in the Godfather book and films was, much to the singer’s displeasure, based on Sinatra

Sinatra pictured backstage after a 1976 performance with prominent mobsters Carlo Gambino (founder of the Gambino crime family), Paul Castellano (Gambino’s successor), and Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno (head of the west coast mafia until his eponymous snitching).

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Wayne is conbining “going bonkers” (going crazy) with the last name of All in the Family character Archie Bunker, known for being racist and ill-spirited

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