Chuck is a good rapper and you must be kidding yourself if you think otherwise.

Pretty sure his Twitter handle says it all:

#@Chuckisdope

Chuck will only drive American cars. Makes sense, he is from the Motor City after all.

As a youngin in BK, Kweli assumed that everybody across the country was just listening to the same artists as him – though he’s also playing on Run DMC’s song with Aerosmith “Walk This Way.”

Calling someone a “fake up-North type nigga” is generally referring to someone who is from the NYC area (downstate), did a bid upstate, and now is “back home” bragging about how he “ran shit” in the jails upstate.

DMX is simply pointing out that lots of people claim that they did this or that while incarcerated, but in fact most are lying and are therefore “fake” in the eyes of true “up-North type niggas” who held their own while in jail (i.e. Earl Simmons).

Referencing the song “Definition” by fellow MCs Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and producer DJ Hi-Tek (note the play on the phrase high quality to incorporate both DJ Hi-Tek and Talib Kwelity).

In his description of the kids making up this skate clique, Lu comments that several of the kids' fathers abandoned them.

Following the previous line, being left by your father at a young age can also leave these kids scarred.