The EP serves as the prequel to his long play (LP) record, titled Us or Else: Letter to the System, which was released in December 2016.

[1] The EP was described to "be aimed at supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and will speak explicitly about the twisted road race relations took in America to arrive at its current precarious state.

"[2][3] The EP is also in response to the turmoil caused by the injustices going on in America, namely police brutality following the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling.

has said that he is "late to the party" when it comes to what he calls "revolutionary art": "You know Common and Outkast and Public Enemy and KRS-One and Lupe [Fiasco] and Kendrick [Lamar] -- those are the ones.

"[7] On July 5, 2016, Grand Hustle's resident disc jockey DJ MLK, released a song, titled "40 Acres" featuring T.I., RaRa and Rossi.

released the EP's second single, titled "Warzone", with an accompanying music video one week later, exclusively through TIDAL.

[11][12] The music video for "Warzone", produced by Antwanette McLaughlin and directed by Laurel Richardson, "imagines what it would look like if everyday white people were targeted by police.

Taking that scenario one step further, we see reenactments of the murders of Tamir Rice (a 12-year-old killed by police, while playing with a toy gun in Cleveland), Eric Garner (who died after being placed in an apparent chokehold by NYC policemen) and Philando Castile (shot and killed by a St. Paul, Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop), with white actors in the victims's places.