Through The Wire May 2026

He compares his injured face to Emmett Till and references being at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the same hospital where The Notorious B.I.G. passed away.

Refusing to wait for recovery, he recorded the track just two weeks after the crash. You can hear his slightly slurred, muffled delivery, which turned a physical limitation into a symbol of authentic dedication. Through The Wire

The song famously uses a "chipmunk soul" style—a sped-up, pitch-shifted sample of Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire". He compares his injured face to Emmett Till