Both versions and the song's title itself serve as tributes to basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash, alongside his young daughter, in January 2020.
He further "flexes his status as an independent artist", accentuating his "lavish" lifestyle, including the diamonds on his chains and the expensive cars he rides around.
Imagine someone trying to read a phonebook's worth of flexes through an Auto-Tuned gargle in the fastest amount of time possible, and one can begin to picture what makes '24' so amazing.
[5] Rolling Stone's Charles Holmes praised the rappers for having "the flow of the year", and stated "their total disregard for decorum in favor of showing off one's preternatural lyrical abilities is weirdly the most fitting tribute one could give to Bryant".
[7] "Black Mamba" was Kobe Bryant's nickname and the "24" is the number he wore during his Hall of Fame career with the Los Angeles Lakers.