Infographic: Nine Song Stats Disproved

Illustrated by Laura Medina

Things were weird in Atlanta-based Paste office after listening to Killer Mike’s lyrics description of the city, where “everybody got a sack of dope and a gun.” Rather than bringing in drug-sniffing dogs and patting everyone down, we decided to make it our business to disprove the hyperbolic lyrics in some of our favorite songs.

Disclaimer: we know that these lyrics aren’t supposed to be taken literally, but we really thought it would be fun to see how exaggerated these statements were.

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