According to the rappers, the track was recorded in about an hour, and was inspired by Hussle's positive experience of working with Mexican immigrants to the US.

[3] In April 2016, the LAPD shut down a video shoot for the song being filmed on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and 71st Street, Los Angeles following a tip-off.

[6][7] YG considered dropping the track from the album, worrying it would not be released, but was persuaded by producer Steve-O Carless to keep it.

[7][8] Following the election, which saw Trump become president-elect, YG performed the song as the closing number in his set at the 2016 Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival to a positive reception.

[11] On November 7, 2020, the song topped the iTunes charts after Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.