What is the meaning behind “Parmesan where my accountant lives, in fact, I’m downin’ this D’USSÉ with my boo bae, tastes like Kool-Aid for the analysts”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar
- by imrk
- March 25, 2023
Parmesan is an Italian cheese. “Cheese” is slang for money. D'USSÉ is a high-end French cognac backed by Jay Z, and Kool-Aid is a low-cost drink mix. “Drinking the Kool-Aid” is a phrase used when someone blindly adopts a detrimental lifestyle, belief system, or behavior due to peer pressure or a singular influence. The phrase refers to the Jonestown Massacre, This bombastic assertion that an expensive cognac taste the same as a 99 cent pack of Kool-Aid serves to baffle the analytical types like those in the Genius community. In his song “FEAR.” he says at age 27 he feared being judged, but now he subverts this fear by making unconventional claims and daring critics to judge him.