Action Bronson got a surprising name-drop from Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown, after Brown mixed up the rapper with country star Luke Combs — and Bronson has shared that he got a huge kick out of the whole thing.
On Sunday (February 23), Brown participated in a musician-centric guessing game during a timeout of a Celtics/Knicks matchup. Brown had a hard time, missing artists like Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Missy Elliott and Billy Joel.
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When Combs was shown on the screen, Brown guessed that it was Bronson.
X user Marquis Carlisle posted on the platform: “Mistaking Luke Combs for Action Bronson has me in tears.” Bronson, in turn, quoted Carlisle’s response, adding: “HAHAHAHAHA #CULTURE.”
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Check out the guessing game and Bronson’s response below.
Jaylen Brown attempts to name a bunch of artists and it did not go great pic.twitter.com/6TRqnGL6QW
— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) February 23, 2025
HAHAHAHAHA #CULTUREhttps://t.co/VN3acBDaPl
— *JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHLAVA THE DOCTOR* (@ActionBronson) February 24, 2025
Brown is an artist himself. Last year he released a song with FERG.
“After making his own return to music in recent months, A$AP Ferg plays wingman as he helps NBA champion Jaylen Brown become the latest hooper to crossover into Hip Hop,” wrote HipHopDX‘s Andy Bustard at the time. “The laidback, Larry June-esque joint references Brown’s recent Olympics snub and beef with Nike (as the title suggests).”
As for Bronson, HipHopDX recently selected his 2012 mixtape Blue Chips to be one of the “10 blog era mixtapes that deserve to be released on streaming services.”
“Action Bronson has always had a knack for knowing which producers to pair his funny, outrageous rhymes with. (He is a chef by trade, after all)” this outlet argued. “While The Alchemist, Harry Fraud and Daringer have become part of his go-to kitchen crew over the last decade, arguably his most slept-on partnership is with Party Supplies, the New York production duo comprised of Justin Nealis and Sean Mahon.
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“Blue Chips, the first entry in his trilogy named after the 1994 college basketball movie, was pure hilarity, hedonism and head-nodding beats, with Bronsolino serving up bars like, ‘Bam bam got a shooter like Lagassee / Emerald green paper that I split up with my posse / One hand driving, three gram smoking / Two fiend sucking, tea bag soaking’ over retro samples. Chef’s kiss.”
