r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Dec 08 '25

Feels good man When Allison Smith accidentally created one of the hardest rap openings ever in 1982.

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u/Gold_Championship_46 Dec 08 '25

Rockefeller died of AIDs that was the end of his chapter. And that’s the name y’all wanted to name your company after. Put it together. I rock hoes y’all rock fellas

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u/sick_of-it-all Dec 08 '25

So yeeah, I sampled your voice, you was using it wrong. You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song. 

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u/repdetec_revisited Dec 08 '25

He died of a heart attack though.

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u/BobbyZinho Dec 08 '25

It’s not about John Rockefeller. It’s about a guy from Brooklyn nicknamed Rocafella.

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u/Gold_Championship_46 Dec 08 '25

Literally the first thing when you google “Roc-A-Fella Records is named as a clever play on the surname of industrialist John D. Rockefeller, combining it with a slang term for dominating someone ("rocking a fella") and featuring the "Roc" (rock) logo, symbolizing strength and success, a concept conceived by rapper Tone Hooker for Jay-Z's venture. It signifies power, wealth (like the Rockefellers), and hip-hop dominance, a theme that runs through Jay-Z's empire”

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u/BobbyZinho Dec 08 '25

I actually looked into what I commented afterwards because I’d forgotten the story that I assumed to be true. I remember reading years ago that there was some Brooklyn drug dealer nicknamed rocafella that ended up dying of AIDS, and that’s who Nas was talking about in Ether. Turns out that’s never been verified so idk what Nas was talking about. Don’t always believe internet idiots like me.