I'm just wondering, in Sky's the Limit, when Biggie said "I like this young man, 'cause when he came out he came out with the phrase, he went from ashy, to classy, ha ha, I like that", what exactly does ashy to classy mean?

Or, more specifically, what does ashy in this case mean?


Thanks!

from nothing to something, he just needed something to rhyme with classy

Ashy, in my opinion, hes talking about being broke, having nothing to his name. Not even lotion to smoothen his ashy skin. So to me from ashy and nasty to classy, basically hes rose from the ghetto to become a multimillionaire.