WELCOME
WELCOME BACK, HAPPY ALMOST BASKETBALL SEASON, PRESEASON
STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, ONE WEEK
FROM TODAY BUT, THE PRESEASON
RAP BATTLES HAVE BEGUN.
IS THAT NOT NORMALLY A THING.
RETIRED NBA FLAVOR/RAPPERS
DON'T ALWAYS WRAP IT OUT FOR
PRESEASON.
PRESEASON. IT'S A THING NOW AND IT'S VERY
INTENSE THE LET ME EXPLAIN.
AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW THE
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS STAR
DAMIAN LILLARD IS ALSO A
RAPPER, HE RELEASED HIS LATEST
ALBUM IN AUGUST, SO NOW TO
ANOTHER NBA PLAYER/RAPPER,
SHAQ, SHAQUILLE O'NEALA.K.A.
DJ DIESEL BECAUSE HE IS A DJ
ALSO.
ALSO.
ALSO. IF
ALSO. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, THEN
I'M SORRY, YOU CAN JUST TAKE A
MOMENT TO LET THAT SINK IN.
HIS RAP ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN
OCTOBER 1993, 26 YEARS AGO.
BACK TO 2019, A FEW WEEKS AGO,
DAMIAN LILLARD STARTED SOME
BEEF ON A PODCAST.
>> NOW, SHAQ IS DIFFERENT, HE
HAS LIKE PLATINUM --
>> I'M SHAKING YOUR HEAD .
>>> I'M TEXTING DIESEL RIGHT NOW
.
.
. >>>
. >>> YOU
. >>> YOU THINK YOU GOT BETTER
MUSIC THAN SHAQ ?
>> I THINK THAT I RAP BETTER
THAN SHAQ .
>>> YEAH .
>>> I THINK HE WAS VIEWED AS
SHAQ . IT'S NOT LIKE SHAQ AND
BIGGIE, PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT
THEM LIKE A REAL RAPPER IT WAS
LIKE SHAQ WRAPPING .
>>> HE DIDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
ABOUT SAYING THAT AT THE TIME,
MAYBE HE THOUGHT SHAQ WOULD
NEVER HEAR BUT YES, APPARENTLY
HE DID.
HE DID.
HE DID. SO, YESTERDAY , SHAQ RELEASED
THIS ON INSTAGRAM TV , MINUS
THE BLEEPING NOISES, WE HAD TO
OTHERS AND OURSELVES.
>> [ RAPPING SINGING ] [ MUSIC
AND RAPPING ]
>>
>> THIS
>> THIS WAS FOUR MINUTES LONG AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR DAM
TO HEAR THAT AND DESPITE
TRAINING CAMP THE NEXT DAY HE
WOULD HAVE TIME TO CLAP BACK
BECAUSE IF AARON CARTER CAN BE
SHAQ THEN SO CAN DAM
>> [ MUSIC AND RAPPING ]
SO,
SO, WHO
SO, WHO ONE YOU GUYS ARE VOTING RIGHT NOW@KGW.COM/VOTEL OR ON
YOUR APP ON YOUR PHONE AND
VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. IF
VOTE. IF YOU THINK WON THE RAP BATTLE
THE RIGHT NOW 75% ARE SAYING
DAM BUT THERE ARE LOT OF
JEFF'S CIRCLING -- mGIFS, BUT
HOPEFULLY THIS WON'T BE THE END
OF THE