: The song began as a spontaneous freestyle session by the production team The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine) and was never originally intended for release.
: It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song in 2013.
: Wiz Khalifa initially thought the song was "too pop" for his style and actually hated it at first; it took Snoop Dogg's personal encouragement to get him to record his verses.
: The song began as a spontaneous freestyle session by the production team The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine) and was never originally intended for release.
: It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song in 2013.
: Wiz Khalifa initially thought the song was "too pop" for his style and actually hated it at first; it took Snoop Dogg's personal encouragement to get him to record his verses.
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