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If you've been hearing more of the '90s hip-hop hit 'Regulate,' by Warren G and Nate Dogg this week, and you haven't been able to figure out why, here's your answer: the Wikipedia article just went viral. Wikipedia is known for its pedantic nerds, who love to fill in the minutiae of any subject, and when you apply that to hip-hop, the results are hilarious. No wonder it's been linked on Twitter hundreds of times in the past few days!

Check out these choice excerpts from "Regulate" on Wikipedia:

Warren makes a left turn at 21st Street and Lewis Ave, in the East Hill/Salt Lake neighborhood, where he sees a group of young men enjoying a game of dice together. He parks his car and greets them. He is excited to find people to play with, but to his chagrin, he discovers they intend to relieve him of his material possessions. Once the hopeful robbers reveal their firearms, Warren realizes he is in a less than favorable predicament.
Nate has seventeen cartridges to expend (sixteen residing in the pistol's magazine, with a solitary round placed in the chamber and ready to be fired) on the group of robbers, and he uses many of them. Afterward, he generously shares the credit for neutralizing the situation with Warren, though it is clear that Nate did all of the difficult work.
If you've ever wondered what this song is about, now you know.
Here's the original video (the clean version, anyway!), so you can compare the lengthy Wikipedia explanations and the actual lyrics.