The Los Angeles Lakers have always been an iconic franchise in the NBA. They have had several amazing superstars play for the team during different eras. The Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal era is considered one of the best times for the organization.
Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 3-peat under the leadership of Phil Jackson and etched their names forever in the Lakers’ all-time GOAT pyramid. The two superstars could have won more championships together if it wasn’t for their clashing egos.
Amidst all the chaos between the two, there were some hilarious stories as well. One such story is about how the Lakers players used to do freestyle rapping all the time,
Via Basketball Network:
“We used to rap on the bus all the time. We’d freestyle. We’d see something and go off. It could be anything—a guy with a big nose walking his dog, a guy on our team with a zit on his cheek. But he was sitting there observing. You could tell he wanted to join in, but he hung back. Maybe he was afraid he wasn’t a good enough rapper. Who knows? We spent a lot of time wondering what was going on under that retro afro he had.”
It was obvious that a young Kobe Bryant wanted to join the Lakers’ freestyle rapping session, but he didn’t know how. So did Kobe ever become good at freestyle rapping?
Shaquille O’Neal Says Kobe Bryant Only Pretended To Rap
Kobe Bryant always had a fire to learn about things that he wasn’t good at. For example, he learned tap dancing to strengthen his ankles after suffering an injury in the 2000 NBA Finals.
Although learning how to freestyle rap didn’t really help Bryant in improving his acumen as a basketball player, Shaq further revealed that the Mamba gave his best to become better at it.
“Kobe was a very intelligent guy. One day we’re on the bus rapping, and he starts in with his own rap. He’s using all these big words, and the damn rap sounds like a movie script or something. That was when we realized he was going home and writing stuff up, then memorizing it and coming back with it on the bus.”
Shaq added, “He would pretend to be freestyling, but he’d throw all this metaphysical and metabolical stuff in there, so we’d call him on it. We’d tell him, ‘That ain’t no freestyle,’ and he’d get all defensive and say, ‘Yes it is. Yes it is. It’s off the dome. It’s off the dome.’ We’d all just laugh and say, ‘Okay, brother.'”
It is hilarious to imagine a young Kobe Bryant trying to showcase his freestyle rapping skills. While Bryant was only pretending to rap, Shaq still appreciated his efforts to give it a try.
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