Music and Sports Intertwined...

In the Hip-Hop culture music and sports go hand-in-hand. You almost can’t have one without the other.  Music is intertwined with sports. There is a mutual respect between rappers and athletes and they each support each other in their own way. In fact, they respect each other so much that things can get ugly when one doesn’t acknowledge the other. For example, Lil Wayne was sitting courtside at the New Orleans Hornets vs. the Miami Heat game this season and was publicly upset that Lebron James and Dwayne Wade did not greet him. Wayne later reported to rolling stones his feelings toward James and Wade.

“Them n—s never speak to a n—. They don’t chuck me the deuce or nothing. N—- spent all that money on them f—– tickets … Come holla at me. We sit right by them little bitch-ass n—-. At least come ask me why I’m not rooting for you.”

This isn’t the first time there has been beef between rappers and athletes and it won’t be the last.


 Athletes want to be rappers and rappers want to be athletes, but we all know how that has gone in the past. Drake said it best in his song "Thank me Now." “I swear music and sports are so synonymous cause we wanna be them and they wanna be us."


”Rapper Master P’s NBA career was over before it started. Bow wow and Romeo claimed they would be NBA stars by now.  NBA stars Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Jason Kidd, and Chris Webber all pursued their rap careers.  How did that go? Let’s just say I hope EVERYONE keeps their day job.