The NBA season hasn’t even started and Lonzo Ball is everywhere. He was on The ELLEN Show the other day, he’s on ESPN whenever he wants, brands have hit him up for commercials, and the press won’t stop any time soon. Especially when he’s making outlandish statements like his dad.
Lonzo caught heat for saying Nas is irrelevant not too long ago, but he’s also been caught giving props to 21 Savage over JAY-Z or for his Top 5 rappers list.
In a talk with XXL, he talks about some of his aspirations as he heads into his rookie year with the Los Angeles Lakers, being a reality TV star on Facebook and even his newfound hobby of rap. As far as the rap thing, he’s making songs whenever he gets a free opportunity and as a side thing, but it’s interesting to hear some of his influences.
Apparently, his dad was bumping WC, Ice Cube and 2pac when he was in pre-school and that turned into him listening to Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and DMX growing up.
Also, it turns out the Big Baller Music Group definitely exists and one of Lavar’s closest friends will be running things from the record label aspect moving forward.
Besides doing the reality TV show and prepping for your NBA rookie season, you’ve been making headlines in the rap world and recently, you released a new song, “Melo Ball 1,” for your younger brother LaMelo’s debut shoe. When did you start rapping and what sparked your interest in rapping?
I started rapping a little bit, you know, last year, but obviously it’s always been there my whole life. I’ve always been a fan of rap music. I’ve always liked it growing up so now that I have a lot of stuff going, whenever I have the time and lay something down, I’ll go ahead and put something down, and a good opportunity came for me to actually take it serious with Melo’s shoe so I took advantage of it and laid a few verses for the sneaker rollout.Now that basketball and rap fans know you can rap, is there a mixtape or a project on the way? Or what’s the plan you have in mind?
Yeah, so we actually set up a label and there’s definitely stuff coming in the near future. I can’t really talk about the upcoming stuff, but more is to come.Oh, so there’s a Big Baller Brand record label then?
Yup!
It’ll be interesting to see who they sign to the label. Read the full story at XXL.
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