The California Employment Development Department. EDD is the state agency that distributes unemployment benefits. EDD was also the title of a Nuke Bizzle song that celebrated defrauding the government of unemployment benefits. Mr. Bizzle (
a/k/a Fontrell
Baines) was
federally indicted on fraud charges in October 2020.
Example:
Ex. 1
"I just got rich off uh EDD / I hit all that liquor cuz of EDD / And last night I was sellin' P / And I just woke up 300 Gs"
Nuke Bizzle f. Fat
Wizza, "EDD,"
September 10, 2020
Ex. 2
Pone: Damn cuz! I just made 15 racks moving those yayo powder zips!
D-Rock: And there's a 50:50 chance you're gonna get caught up in some indictment. Them 15 Gs will be your first retainer with your lawyer.
Pone: You gotta a better hustle homey?
D-Rock: EDD fool! Just like the EDD song says, 'You gotta sell cocaine / I just file a claim'