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His collaboration with Jhene Aiko on her remix of Bed Peace was influenced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

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Donald references the 2012 club hit “Bandz A Make Her Dance” by Juicy J. Donald plays on this, saying that the money in his wallet is the equivalent of Lollapalooza, an annual music festival held in Chicago.

Lollapalooza 2019 lineup, notably including Childish Gambino.

Donald’s play on words here is especially clever: While “bands” is obviously a slang for money, literal musical bands also perform at Lollapalooza—which do indeed make the concert-goers dance.

This could also could be another one of the many computer references in the song. In the previous line, Bino notes that he has the “slowest connection ever.” In the context of Internet jargon, bandwidth is the maximum amount of data a computer is able to process. If The Boy is having a slow connection, he likely also has a slow bandwidth.

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If you’ve got a nut allergy, shit can get real at a moment’s notice. It’s not just people who are allergic to walnuts who are afraid to go off the deep end – we all are.

This also continues the real/sick wordplay present in the previous line.

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This line is from Kanye West’s interview with Zane Lowe. (Long story short: fashion designer Hedi Slimane wanted Kanye West to come to his fashion week show but only his show. Kanye took it as a slight diss and made “I Am A God” as a response:

Kanye West: But we culture. Rap the new rock n' roll! We culture! Rap is the new rock n' roll! We the rock stars!

ZL: It’s been like that now for a minute.

KW: It’s been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

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RZA dedicated his song “Destiny Bends” to the memory of Paul Walker. This letter accompanied the track

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There were riots in Oakland after the murder of Oscar Grant and to a lesser extent after the death of Trayvon Martin.

It’s an interesting coincidence that actor Michael B. Jordan leaked “Telegraph Ave.” considering Jordan played Oscar Grant in the film Fruitvale Station, which follows Grant as he makes his rounds through Oakland for the last time.

https://twitter.com/michaelb4jordan/status/405874824712822784

If they got married right now there would be riots in a city known for riots because Bino and his love would be off the market.

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Kanye West said this in his interview with Jon Caramanica for the New York Times.

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It looks pretty cool on a t-shirt
http://instagram.com/p/frCBW_mgT7/

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