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The first public glimpse of Lil Wayne’s upcoming Tha Carter VI album will be heard on ESPN. “The Days,” a collaboration between the iconic rapper (and May Rolling Stone cover star) and U2’s Bono, is the theme song of the NBA Finals’ promotional ad for the first day of the championship series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. The network has previously played his “I Am Not a Human Being,” “Uproar,” and ‘Glory” tracks in the playoffs.

Rolling Stone

LiAngelo Ball's building quite the roster of big-name rap collabs ... first Lil Wayne, now GloRilla!! Gelo's brother, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo, gave fans a sneak peek of the middle Ball's upcoming music video on his Instagram story on Tuesday ... which shows Glo -- one of the hottest female rappers out right now -- on camera with the "Tweaker" artist. This will be Gelo's second single since his debut song ... which reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reportedly generated almost $640k.

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Damian Lillard: My favorite collab so far, I gotta say Lil Wayne. The first time I got with Wayne it was actually somebody reached out to me for Wayne, cuz they was like ‘you know he wanted to do something with you cuz you know he likes how you don't try to rap like a rapper, he can tell you just rapping like you’, so we connected like that and me and Wayne got so many songs together that ain't even been released like, cuz everything I send him, he does it and just send it right back. There’s a bunch of sh*t that we haven't put out. I actually been to the studio with him and like being able to see it I was like ‘damn’.’

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He explained that his seats were courtside, in the vicinity of Jack Nicholson’s regular seats, and that the entrance he was redirected to was one behind where people were already sitting down, and that he’d have to tap those fans on the shoulder and ask them to get up and move their chairs to get by them. He said that when he realized this would be the case, he returned to the original entrance that he’d been turned away from, assuming it would be “OK.” “When I started walking to my side, the guy was like, ‘Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah [in a gesture of stopping them].’ So when I looked at him, he was like, ‘I told you guys to go to the other entrance.’ He looked right at me and it. I was like, ‘that’s a little much’ so I didn’t say anything, and was like, ‘Let’s just leave,'” Lil Wayne said.

New York Post

Lil Wayne: Wow! Got treated like sh*t at the Laker game just now but I figured they’d do me that sooner or later either because of what I said about Anthony Davis or simply because they don’t fwm which I been got that vibe from em as well so all good I get it. F*ck em. It isn’t what it isn’t. I’m used to it.

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Lil Wayne has been added to the concert lineup for the NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, alongside T-Pain, Keith Urban and others set to perform. The weekend will begin with a Tip-Off at Bicentennial Unity Plaza on Feb. 15, followed by a practice for the Panini Rising Stars game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 12:30 p.m. the next day, according to the NBA’s schedule.

Indianapolis Star

Hip hop legend Lil Wayne says there’s a clear answer. “To me, the obvious answer is Ja [Morant]," Wayne told Taylor Rooks in an interview via Bleacher Report. “Because the NBA is entertainment. What I mean by that, there was Michael Jordan, which was just like, God. You were always going to watch these Atlanta Hawk games just what Dominique, just to see if he’s going to get one of ‘em off. “Ja’s teams are competitive when he’s there, when’s he’s doing his thing.”

Sports Illustrated

Paul also reserved a special mention for James. According to Paul, LeBron transformed Cleveland into what he dubbed “Midwest Hollywood.” During his time with the Cavaliers, the city became a basketball destination for celebrities and high-profile figures. “LeBron was able to be a market buster in Cleveland,” Pau said. “He turned Cleveland to Midwest Hollywood. Everyone fro Warren Buffett to Jay-Z, to Lil Wayne – everybody came to games in Cleveland not waiting on against New York or L.A. They cam to Cleveland. There’s few guys like that.”

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NBA Central: Dwyane Wade performing with Lil Wayne last night 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NtgNAdhH7u

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"If Phil Jackson came back, still no coaching me" -- Kendrick Lamar on Big Sean's "Control" (2013) By the time Phil Jackson joined Twitter in 2013, the NBA was already dramatically different from what it was when he retired in 2011. Jackson's triangle offense was nearly extinct, and when the Zen Master joined Twitter, it was like when your once-successful grandfather posted embarrassing photos of his coin collection on Facebook. Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar was skyrocketing to rap superstardom by doing things a tad bit differently than the stars of the previous generations. If Lil Wayne was an alien who flooded your blogs and MP3 players, then Kendrick was insular and was crafting albums that reminded fans of the golden age. So, needless to say, his verse on "Control," Big Sean's 2013 filler track, stirred the pot.

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That song, which features Kendrick raising the stakes of rap competition to the point of him sounding like a lecturer, has a lyric that made Phil Jackson publicly comment on rap, perhaps for the first time ever. Kendrick, in the middle of his three-minute verse, name-drops the coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers dynasties: "If Phil Jackson came back, still no coaching me." Jackson, who was rumored to be coming back with the Lakers that season before they decided to hire Mike D'Antoni, responded on Twitter, a sign that the methods of celebrity communication were changing. We were closer to getting a soundbite than we were if paparazzi asked a question on the street. Jackson's tweet read: "@kendricklamar it's okay to be cocky and sure, but we all need to someone to lean on. Let's call it mentoring."

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Clutch Points: "[Lil Wayne] texted me, he said 'hey can you connect me with Ja Morant, because I could help him, I've been there, I've done all this'... He'd fly to Memphis in a heartbeat... I got nothing back from Ja." —Skip Bayless @SkipBaylessShow pic.twitter.com/8lnl8I594D

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Skip Bayless: I tried, unsuccessfully, to connect Lil Wayne with Ja Morant. I know Wayne would fly to Memphis in a heartbeat.

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On Friday, the trailer for the reboot of the 1990s classic "House Party" was released. The film is co-produced by LeBron James. It stars other NBA players and celebrities, including Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg and Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis.

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