Shaquille O’Neal‘s love for Hip Hop has by no means been a secret, and for the primary time for the reason that late ’90s, Shaq Diesel is rapping once more — hearken to “King Discuss” under.
Teaming up with Blackway for the Koko-produced “King Discuss,” the NBA Corridor-of-Famer’s new observe arrived on Tuesday (Could 2) with the NBA Playoffs in full swing.
Shaq beforehand teased the observe on social media whereas celebrating LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA’s scoring file in February.
Followers have been questioning in regards to the music’s entirety within the months between and DJ Diesel has now delivered.
“Koko and I’ve been sending beats forwards and backwards for a minute now and after he performed me this one, I knew I needed to leap on it,” Shaq defined. “I’ve been ready for the right second for a collab with Blackway and this was it. That is the kind of file that will get me hyped like I’m strolling out for Recreation 7 of the Finals.
“The lyrics and vibe of this observe was so good for the second when LeBron James set the NBA scoring file and I knew I needed to share it with the world — a king acknowledges a king. It was loopy to see so many individuals join with the music after they heard the teaser, similar to I did once we created it.”
Shaq is not any stranger to the rap world having signed with Jive Information upon being drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1992, and releasing his debut album Shaq Diesel the next 12 months; he was the primary NBA star with a platinum plaque.
O’Neal launched 4 solo studio LPs in complete with the latter pair coming from a take care of Interscope Information. He hasn’t delivered a studio album since 1998 whereas additionally offering soundtracks to motion pictures like Kazaam and Metal within the ’90s as properly.
Throughout an interview with Drink Champs final 12 months, Shaq defined there wasn’t sufficient cash in music for him to proceed pursuing the profession whereas within the NBA.
“And to not disrespect you guys, it wasn’t sufficient cash in that for me,” he mentioned. “I went platinum proper, and so they confirmed me the verify, and I used to be like, this some bullshit.”
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Earlier this 12 months, Yelawolf additionally saluted Shaq for being one of many “greatest supporters” in his profession.
“Honored to say @shaq’s been considered one of my greatest and personally most impactful supporters,” Yela wrote. “He made me ( and I do imply made me ) meet him at a membership in ATL years again when TrunkMuzik simply hit .. and he instructed me ‘Wolf your gonna have plenty of haters .. however by no means cease doing you !!’ .. it was surreal.”
He continued: “SHAQ for one has a king like presence not to mention providing you with some large homie recommendation .. that All the time caught with me although .. and I haven’t even talked about it til at the moment .. love you SHAQ .. thanks for that second and thanks for this publish GNG !!! even I overlook occasionally how this all began within the first place !! POP THE TRUNK.”
