Brooklyn-lyricist Skyzoo shares his reaction to the announcement that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver levied a lifetime ban against Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling. In an exclusive conversation with HipHopDX, Skyzoo says that he hoped Clippers point guard, Chris Paul would have responded to Sterling’s racist comments with an “Ali moment.”
“I wanted him to have a [Muhammad Ali] moment,” Skyzoo says. “I’m like, ‘Alright, you’ve made it. You’re one of the best in the league. Your money is straight. Your family is straight and you’re still young.’ I wanted to see an Ali moment. I wanted to see him stand tall and be like, ‘Yo, you know what? I’m out. I’m not playing here. I’m only [28-years old]. I’ll get a chip. This year, ya’ll can have it. I’m not playing here. You can move me onto somebody else. You can take me to court, whatever it is. You don’t even have to pay me anymore for the rest of the season. You’ve paid me for the games I’ve played. I don’t want another check with your name on it.’”
Skyzoo says that he’s happy with the overall punishment Sterling received and understands why Chris Paul may have decided not to make a larger statement.
“I wanted an Ali moment from him. And I say him cause he’s the face of that team. If it was New York it would be Carmelo [Anthony]. If it was Miami, it would be [Lebron James]. And Bron stood tall and said, ‘I’d be out.’ It’s easy to say that when it’s not you. But I do believe in the passion as far as how he conveyed it and what he was saying when he was like, ‘Look, if that were me, I would not be able to play for them. I would definitely have to walk away. Hands down.’ And I would hope that he gained a lot more respect from that if people may have already felt a certain way, I would have hoped he gained something from that. But I wanted to see Chris Paul do something, man. I wanted him to put a piece of black tape on [the Clippers logo]. I wanted him to do something. I wanted him to peace out and say, ‘Ya’ll can play but I’m not.’ Something. And I think he could of but then once Adam Silver dropped the hammer he kind of got out of it. Which is cool because everything happened the way it was supposed to. They were on the road for that game so you can react a certain way. But if he didn’t drop that hammer for the home game, I wanted to see Chris Paul do something at the home game.”
Skyzoo is preparing for the release of Barrel Brothers, his collaborative album with Coney Island-emcee, Torae. Barrel Brothers will be available on May 27.
Additional reporting by Justin Hunte
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These players now a days are more concerned with money over morals. Not even the players but society in general. Someone will criticize Chris Paul for flopping, or traveling, or whatever and people will respond back by saying “Well at least he’s a millionaire and he’ll have more money then you ever will so fuck off. Don’t nobody really care if Donald Sterling (Clippers owner) is racist. Its all in the moment. Nobody is talking about Riley Cooper for the Eagles anymore for saying the n word. Nobody is talking about Trayvon Martin. People only get mad when the media tells them to get mad. Muhammed Ali went to jail because he didn’t want to go to war for America. Lebron James would never do anything like this. All he wants is money and praise.
Tell em
Blame big business cause they control the media. American media does actually brainwash and the general American public have very short term memories about human and society issues. we only care about very trivial, capitalistic and materialistic issues. Material things are easy distractions to real problems that effect life
Fuck outta here with your ol nation of islam ass
decent opinion but “Skyzoo” is still a wack name and will be the top cause for no success in the future
We said the same thing about a guy named Jay-Z in 96′.
go educate yourself on some Skyzoo, clown
Nigga I want to see you have a legit RAP moment…nobody ass clown…
LULZ
#DEAD
Let me tell you why Chris Paul would have never pulled an “Ali” moment. Because Chris Paul is a fucking sambo ass nigga, an uncle tom ass clown and a fucking hypocrite. Before this incident, Chris Paul knew about Sterling’s past, his racism and discrimination against minorities. What did Chris Paul do last summer? Yes, he fuckin’ resigned for 5 additional years to play for the Clippers. Knowing Sterling’s past didn’t bother him enough from resigning for that additional 5 years. Why all of a sudden does it bother him now? Chris Paul and Doc Rivers are fuckin’ uncle tom ass sambos!
it never got to that point though. the point is the nba acted before he had to do that.
SHOULD HAVE DONE IT EITHER WAY. NO ONE REPS YOU BETTER THAN YOU DO
Easy to say what someone should do when it’s not them. If he would have listened sky zoo (wack) would know that the remaining teams were NOT going to play if Sterling was allowed to stay. Second, LeBron didn’t sign with LA b/c he knew of Sterlings past moves. It’s not the 70’s, 80’s or 90’s. No bigger statement could have been made than players not playing….especially during the playoffs. Good job Sky Zoo.
We can all say what we would have done. honestly it’s a touchy subject. i honestly dont know what i would you do. question for anyone with a regular 9-5. what would you do if your boss said that? no matter how much money you were making. what would YOU do? yes their money may be in the millions, but we dont know how many people rely on them. i can only imagine how many mortgages for ALL his family members.