Tyreke Evans will be taking over the point guard spot for Derrick Rose and the Memphis Tigers next college basketball season. Tyreke Evans is considered to be the top basketball prep in the High School Class of 2008. He was a McDonald’s All-American and a Jordan Brand first team All-American, winning MVP in both basketball games.
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Streetball.com is both hoops and hip-hop. So when LeBron James compared himself to Jay-Z and DeShawn Stevenson to Soulja Boy, it got me thinking: What does that make the rest of the league’s biggest stars? Guys like CP3 and Kobe would have to be compared to some pretty big MC’s to make this whole “hip-hoop” analogy work, right?
Below is a baller-balla breakdown of the NBA’s biggest stars and their alter-egos in the rap universe.
Chris Paul - Lil Wayne
CP3’s turning the playoffs upside-down, much like Weezy’s nonsensically brilliant rhymes have made him a legend at a young age in hip-hop. Need more? Paul balls in the Big Easy, which is Birdman Jr.’s hometown. Paul’s up for the MVP this year, while many consider Young Weezy to be rap’s current GOAT, ahead of Hova, even. In fact, the only thing wrong with this comparison is that Paul’s alter ego pulls for the wrong guys in gold: “I guess I’m the number one Lakers fan. Yellow bottle, yellow bottle, purple bag, purple bag.”
Kobe Bryant - 50 Cent
Why Fiddy and not a West coast MC for the Lakers’ go-to guy? Well, none of the current left coast rappers (The Game comes to mind) is successful enough to do Kobe justice, and old guys like Snoop are past their primes. Kobe’s still on top of his game, however, as is G Unit. Plus both are sort of insane, they love beef, and they’re polarizing as sin.
Shaquille O’Neal - Dr. Dre
Shaq and Dre are both kind of old-school, kind of overweight, and completely legendary. And both are writing the final chapters to their legacies: Shaq getting the Suns to the finals would be the same thing as Dre finally dropping “Detox” … and having it actually live up to the hype.
Steve Nash - Kanye West
The humble Nash would probably hate being compared with the Louis Vuitton Don, but it makes sense. Both are facilitators: Mr. West started out producing for guys like Jay-Z, while Nash is best known for his passing. Both are into edgy music: ‘Ye sampled Daft Punk and Can on his last album, while Nash is a fan of Radiohead and Turin Brakes. Both are erudite: West’s mom was an English professor, while Nash is one of the NBA’s best interviews. And both are left-leaning thinkers: Kanye became a household name after his “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” rant, while Nash is outspoken about the war and the environment. Most importantly, however, both are still extremely relevant and successful.
Dirk Nowitzki - T.I.
Eminem’s the obvious one here, as he and Dirk are both fish-out-of-water blonde, white dudes. But while Em’s done, you can’t say that about the Dirkster, who was MVP last year before he got backhanded by the Warriors. T.I., meanwhile, was on top of the rap world last year before he got busted on gun charges and sentenced to house arrest. Both have the skills to get back on top, but if they will is another matter entirely.
Kevin Garnett - Nas
It isn’t just that both KG and Nas are intense and accomplished, it’s that they’re still very current even though they’ve both been around forever. And both are still waiting for that big break after earlier successes (the 2004 MVP for KG, “Illmatic” for Nas).
Gilbert Arenas - Ghostface
Both are niche, both are weird as f**k, both have yet to truly break through, and both are completely captivating when they’re on top of their games.
Mike Jones is an H-Town Hip-Hop artist. He was born January 6, 1981 just outside Houston, TX in Aldine, Texas, U.S. Mike Jones is an American southern rap artist and actor, who initially was affiliated with the record label Swishahouse, then left to be the owner of Ice Age Entertainment. Mike Jones has a little brother who is an artist and part of Ice Age who goes by “Lil Soulja”. Recently, Jones announced his return to Swishahouse to distribute Ice Age. Mike Jones owns a nightclub which is managed by “Celebrity Sundays” in which a well-known celebrity will make an appearance.
His major promotional gimmick is to sell and hand out shirts reading “Property of Mike Jones” on the front and his cell phone number, 281-330-8004, on the back, as well as shouting out his name and cell phone number throughout his mixtapes and albums, encouraging fans to call him on his mobile phone. Although most people get a “this number has been changed, disconnected, or is no longer in service” message more recently, Jones says (when asked in several interviews) the number “still works, it is just extremely busy”.
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