Ma$e has offered some advice to LeBron James’ son Bronny on how to survive life in the NBA.
Speaking on It Is What It Is, the sports talk show he co-hosts with Cam’ron, the Harlem rapper-turned-sports personality urged the heavily-scrutinized Lakers rookie to embrace his inner “gangsta” on the basketball court.
Referencing the speculation that Bronny will play in the G League this season, he said: “It’s gonna get crazy in the G League because the n-ggas in the G League are tryna come up, and while they’re tryna come up, the eyeballs that they need on them is the game when they play Bronny.
“So I would just say this to Bronny: it’s kill or be killed. Every night. Listen to Uncle Murda: get the cornrows, wear the sleeve, wear number six — change your number right now to number six — and wear the red arm LeBrons.
“I’m telling you! Just try it one game and prove me wrong. I guarantee you, you’re gonna have about six, eight [points per game] and then you’re gonna say, ‘Wait a minute, that n-gga Ma$e knows what he’s talking about.'”
Ma$e, who was a standout hooper himself back in high school, then used Drake‘s transformation from suburban teen actor to slick-talking rap star to illustrate his point.
“You know how when you’re from the suburbs but you look like you a lil’ gangsta? Then you start tricking yourself into thinking you gangsta. Then before you know it, you a full-blown gangsta. You the 6 God, n-gga! You it,” he continued.
“That n-gga Drake said, ‘I got enemies.’ He started talking crazy. I said, ‘Wait a minute. The n-gga do got enemies! I believe it!'”
Watch his comments at the 52:25 mark below.
While Ma$e is encouraging Bronny to rock the same number as his father in the G League, the 20-year-old recently revealed that his current jersey number, #9, has special significance.
At a press conference this past summer where he was officially introduced as a Los Angeles Laker, Bronny explained that he chose the number nine as a tribute to one of his favorite rappers, the late Juice WRLD.
“Juice has just been a big part of me keeping calm in some situations that I’ve been through,” he said. “So yeah, just paying homage to him, especially ’cause he passed. You know, it’s a really important thing for me.”
Bronny also has a “999” tattoo behind his ear as a nod to the Chicago rapper, who has the same tattoo on his body. Known as the angel number, 999 signifies the completion of a cycle and the beginning of a new one.
It’s hard to display your inner gangsta when you got no game to display. Carry on!!!
aint the angel number lady just aplogize about makin em all up? whatever works 4 ya though being born a millionaire one would think angels already did they job with betta things to focus on but we all human. 1