On Tuesday, Portland Trailblazers superstar Damian Lillard shot back at Shaquille O’Neal’s rap song. Furthermore, he didn’t mix words or hold back.
Lillard came strong like a final second charge to the hoop – suggesting in his own ditty that O’Neal rode the coattails of Kobe Bryant on the way to the way to several championships.
First, the backstory is this: the feud began last week when Lillard said he is a better rapper than O’Neal on The Joe Budden Podcast. Of course, this was in response to an O’Neal rap song saying that Lillard was not among the better guards in the NBA.
Now, Lillard released a song on the internet for all called ‘Reign Reign Go Away’.
.@Dame_Lillard was surgical in his @SHAQ diss track "Reign Reign Go Away" 🤭 pic.twitter.com/cG0EgVoM3b
— ESPN (@espn) October 1, 2019
While O’Neal won four titles in his illustrious career, he had a big-time sidekick for every one of them. In all, Bryant was alongside for three; and Dwyane Wade for another in Miami. Still, O’Neal is widely regarded as one of the best players in NBA history.
However, this didn’t stop Lillard from getting lyrical and coming at O’Neal a bit.
“We both could be working at Kinkos and Kobe won you them rings, though” and “Even in Miami, won that on the strength of Flash.”
Lillard also touted his $250 million supermax contract and said he “can’t recall you getting that when I was cruising on a 10-speed.”
Moreover, this was in response to O’Neal’s own creative lyrics; which were released Monday on Instagram. They went like this:
“Take your time to respond, there is no hurry / You’ll never be Westbrook, never be Steph Curry” and “What’s in your wallet, American Express or Visa? / Talking like you’re Bron, you ain’t even Trevor Ariza.”
Finally, take his time Lillard did not. Obviously, this is important because it ties in some hip-hop with it’s sport that runs so nicely parallel to it. One might wonder if the two are having a little fun together which brings more eyes to their sport and in the end, probably makes them both some cash on the side.
Remember, if you’re around my age; you remember the 1993 ‘Shaq Diesel’ so clearly. Every kid had it, every kid wanted to be ‘Big Shaquille O’Neal’ and if you didn’t have his rookie cards you were nothing and had nothing. Now, Damian Lillard can appeal to kids in a similar way. Albeit, these tracks are on the internet and not on the cassette tape I would sneak into my classroom in fifth grade.
The NBA can be a real blast sometimes.
