He was doing it for a long time.
What up though, it’s Jalen Rose and I’m about to break down some BARS on “Between
The Lines.”
I've been following this hip-hop thing since Kool Herc was throwing parties.
The first time I remember probably getting mentioned...
I went to KMEL Summer Jam, that was the first time as a member of The Fab Five, just being
able to travel and realize how much people appreciated how we put on for the culture
and how much energy we were giving them, yet these were the artists we were listening to
going to the game.
Aight here we go.
I know y’all are like, “Let's get to it.”
Big shout, Weezy.
I appreciate the love.
I know I'll see you at an arena soon.
That's love.
Really, I might shed a tear.
That's love.
All athletes want to be artists.
All artists want to be athletes.
But the common denominator is everybody feel like they ballin’ out.
For him to be elite in his craft and to shout me out saying he doing what I'm doing at my
craft, that's love.
And he's a huge basketball fan.
I'll never forget I was playing a game at New Orleans, I was a member of the Bulls.
The coach at the time, Bill Cartwright, benched, Jamal Crawford and I, but we were the two
best players on the team.
So, it didn't make sense.
I'm like, he going to bench me and Wayne at the game.
I'm like, “it’s on.”
They put me in and you can pull it up.
I think I had probably like 25 in like 20 minutes.
Made sure I gave him some dap on the sideline when I got an and one.
So, shout to Weezy.
I appreciate the love.
First off, Action Bronson got bars and I appreciate how he's shown himself to
have staying power in the game.
Because when he first came out people was trying to see if he was going to have what
it takes to hold his own.
Then Action Bronson came out here and hit 'em with bars like this.
So, I appreciate the love.
You can't tell Detroiters that we didn't discover America.
There's so many battles, there's so much turbulence and trials and tribulations that we know that
you need to overcome to survive and let alone be successful in the 313, 248, 734 however
you want to term it.
When somebody from our hometown, shouts you out and says they're basically representing
the hometown that you hold down, that's just love.
It really is.
And I'm grateful for these bars.
The DMV.
That's my dog too.
BARS!
Don’t do ‘em like that Wale!
Because we have this idea sometimes, especially in the inner city, live fast and die young.
So, I like how he created the metaphor basically and he compared it to shorts and nobody rock
shorts, dope and long, like the Fab Five.
I ain't saying that we the first to do it.
Michael Jackson wasn't the first person to moon walk, but he popularized it.
Just how the game works.
He was doing it for a long time.
He basically acknowledged a time that he remembered.
That's what makes this dope.
It's like all of the things that was happening in April in his life of 1992, he remembered that.
And he remembered what he was doing at that time.
So, for him to tie it into his bars, the biggest compliment that artists can pay to you is
to shout you out or put you in their bars.
So, it’s love, Styles.
I appreciate you, family.
That's powerful.
And by the way, Grant is my brother.
You know something's a good documentary, when somebody is speaking 20 years later about
something, but people take what you say like it was present time, which it wasn't.
I was discussing in the documentary how we felt about players at other schools, in particular,
that one.
And some of the things that we felt and or said that we weren't so very proud of.
That was one of them.
As I started to get older, I realized Grant Hill had the childhood that I wanted.
I didn't want to grow up in the hood.
I didn't want to be poor.
I had a father that was a professional athlete too, except he lived with his, I never met mine.
I wanted what he had, I just didn't realize it then.
So, it's all love, but these bars are...woo.
Kobe's really good at basketball.
One of the all time greats.
And I was standing there up close and personal on the team that saw him get that 81 and what
I want to teach all of you young people out there that ooh and ah, every time you all
see a crossover, you all fall out of the stands and you all don't even pay attention to the
person and whether they made or missed a shot.
Go back and watch that game again.
He didn't celebrate once.
He didn't taunt once, he was that locked in to putting the smack down like a grown man.
He stayed focused.
He stayed disciplined.
Because you know what happens when you taunt, when you have 41 you don't get 51, you don't
get 61, you got them double, quadruple teaming, you got them wanting to hurt you.
I want people to take that from him, his discipline, his focus, and definitely the second highest
scoring game in the history of the NBA.
He put the smack down and I got a chance to see it up close and personal.
I did.
That was my career high in threes.
My daughter at a young age just moved to Atlanta with her mom.
Front row tickets.
I'm like, “I gotta ball today.”
So, let me tell you what's dope about that.
Three of those guys are in the hall of fame, one of them ain’t, but I bet you I'm the only
one that got a chance to break bread with Master P. at his house.
I bet you that.
Thank you hip-hop culture.
Appreciate you Colonel.
Freakin' ninjas anyway, like MJ.
I can't believe today was a good day.”
Basically what that means is he's doing it all.
And I liked that, he was like the Lakers beat the Supersonics, I like how he dropped that
in there.
He was representing his squad.
And unfortunately for Seattle, they don't have a team.
The great people of Seattle deserve a squad!
I cannot, will not, am not try to pick out a favorite.
There was so many people that showed me love to be in their videos, to be in their movies,
to shout me out in their records.
Okay, I can't pick the best shout out.
I'll just say I appreciate the love and I'm forever grateful.
For those that don't know, I remember a period of time being in L.A., having a spot in Santa
Monica, not only playing basketball with Master P. and by the way I beat him for $20,000 in
jump shots.
I still want my No Limit gear or whatever gear you selling because you such an entrepreneur.
Send me of them noodles!
I need some of them noodles P!