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This is one of the deepest lines on the song, as Kanye pulls off an impressive Biblical allusion. The devil – who was evil – wears Prada, an expensive designer brand. Kanye is not as naked as Adam and Eve, but also not wearing just Prada. He is somewhere in between.
But more importantly, Kanye equates the devil to the materialism addressed earlier in the song. When Adam and Eve were still innocent and pure, they were naked (nada means “nothing” in Spanish and Portuguese). By saying that he’s somewhere in between he means that he’s not wholly materialistic, but also no choirboy either. He is not as evil as the devil, but also not as innocent as Adam and Eve. He has both in him.
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50 Cent is saying that he thought fellow rapper Lil' Kim was attractive until she got a nose job.
This comment also sparked a small beef between 50 and Kim, but it got squashed and they ended up doing Magic Stick together
The beef was not over and keeps on going on until nowadays on social media.
50 mentioned her on Piggy Bank, on his G Unit Takeover with Funkflex, and as an answer to all those lines, including this one, she dissed him on Spell Check.
Eminem loved that line so much he uttered the word “God damn”. He rarely adlibs other people’s verses.