Jadakiss and Carmelo Anthony’s appreciation for one another became clear as day when the retired NBA legend tipped his hat to who some believe is his rap counterpart.
On a new episode of 7PM in Brooklyn that premiered on Thursday (December 21), the LOX MC sat down with the former Knicks star and The Kid Mero to talk basketball, music and everything in between.
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While praising Usher’s iconic Las Vegas residency, Kiss mentioned that he even shared the stage with the R&B singer to perform their classic Confessions collaboration “Throwback.”
Without skipping a beat, Melo began reciting Jada’s verse on the song: “I’m tryna stay strong, I don’t wanna crack/ But I need her and she told me I was gon’ want her back/ Should’ve believed her, now I’m wishin’ I could throw me back/ To that exact spot where we found L-O-V-E at.”
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The 10-time NBA All-Star saw the verse through almost to the end, prompting Kiss to exclaim: “He killed it!”
Watch the clip below.
Basketball and Hip Hop overlap in more ways than one, from hoopers rapping to rappers hooping. Because the two crafts are so closely associated with one another, fans of both often point out the cross-discipline similarities between musicians and athletes.
Just a few months back, Jadakiss’ son shared who he thinks his father’s basketball parallel is, comparing him to Carmelo Anthony.
“I feel like my pops is the Melo of the industry, like he don’t really get his just due. Like he probably won’t get it ’til it’s all over,” Jaewon said during a chat with DJ Superstar Jay.
He added: “On Twitter right now, Melo’s trending, like they really givin’ him his flowers right now. And Kiyan [Melo’s son], like you know about him but you don’t really know about him — you just waitin’ to see what he do and how he gon’ attack.”
