Coming down. . .
This year marks the 20th anniversary of DJ DMD’s legendary Texas song, “25 Lighters.” Since its release in 1998, the Port Arthur rapper’s phrase has been used in multiple tracks over recent years from Lil Wayne, Drake, Travis Scott, A$AP MOB, and Kendrick Lamar among many more.
Genius put together a special compilation video to shed light on the track that’s been in rotation over a three decades span. Below, you can take a look at bonus content, including Houston’s Dead End Alliance original version from 1996, which the iconic phrase really originated from.