According to Weinstock, the meaning of "It's all good" is straightforward. "It means 'no worries,'" he said. "If Disney were to use it, they would say 'Hakuna Matata.'" Actually, "It's all good" is often more nuanced. The original popularizers of the expression were rap performers including Hammer, who in 1994 released a song entitled "It's All Good." A year later, Tupac Shakur employed the phrase in his hit "California Love," on which Dr. Dre announced, "Diamonds shinin' lookin' like I robbed Liberace / It's all good from Diego to tha Bay." In such contexts, "It's all good" serves as a statement of defiance rather than complacency; things are clearly not all good, for example, if you happen to be Liberace. - Rebecca Mead, The Talk of the Town, The New Yorker, June 11, 2001