Kevin Garnett has called on the NBA to create a rap battle for players during All-Star Weekend with a $1million grand prize awarded to the winner.
The Big Ticket went public with the idea for an NBA rap tournament on Monday (April 24) during an interview with Los Angeles Clippers guard Bones Hyland, who gets busy in the booth himself when he’s not on the court.
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“In today’s game, it’s over 40 MCs in the league,” he began. “I’m talking about music, I ain’t talking about no bball. I’m talking about rhymers. N-ggas that could rhyme that y’all didn’t even know that’s in our league.
“I think it’s over 20 rap labels in our league owned by players that you wouldn’t even know… I’m telling Adam Silver, on the Friday night right after the Rookie game, million-dollar purse. You gon’ take 10 rappers they gon’ sign up themselves [and] you gon’ do four rounds and then two at the end and then one win the million.”
KG continued: “We gon’ get BetMGM to sponsor the joint, they gon’ give away the million and then we gon’ get the top 10 MCs. We gon’ turn the stadium into a booth.
“We gon’ bring Big Tigger out, we gon’ have DJ Clue on the ones and twos. Him and Drama gon’ come out. We gotta bring DJ Drama, we gotta bring out Clue, and we gotta bring Big Tigger out. We gon’ do The Basement at 9 o’clock after the Rookie game. Top 10 MCs in the league.”
It remains to be seen if NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will heed Garnett’s advice and bring the Hall-of-Famer’s rap battle idea into fruition at the next All-Star Weekend, which heads to Indianapolis next February.
There are plenty of NBA ballers moonlighting as rappers in their spare time, most notably led by Portland Trailblazers superstar Damian Lillard, who rhymes under the alias of Dame D.O.L.L.A and has collaborated with the likes of Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, Lil Durk and more.
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Others who could throw their name into the ring for an NBA rap competition include Kevin Durant, Bones Hyland, Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, Marvin Bagley, Andre Drummond, Lonzo Ball and more.
