For professional athletes, retirement is all about new beginnings.
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For Kobe Bryant, it meant collecting an Oscar for his animated short Dear Basketball and launching the Mamba Sports Academy in order to guide and inspire the next generation of athletes.
For Dwyane Wade, it means becoming the Chief Culture Officer for CAA Sports, dropping a candid documentary and...rapping?
Once youβre done scratching your head in disbelief, you can get a taste here:
On Friday, he made his rap debut on Rick Rossβ new single βSeason Ticket Holder,β and while the collaboration might sound bizarre, itβs actually not as far-fetched as it seems.
Last year, the two long-time friends joined forces for a limited-edition sneaker when the three-time NBA champion suggested that they hit the studio together to drop a track.
βI do have dreams. I wanted to get on one song, one day,β he recently revealed on Good Morning America. βRick Ross, whoβs a good friend of mine, reached out and said, βD, letβs do a track for the city.β So my last year I filmed a song with Rick Ross called βSeason Ticket Holderβ that actually comes out in a couple of days.β
Now is it any damn good? Twitter had some thoughts.
Earlier this week, Wade revealed on ESPNβs The Jump that Kobeβs brief foray into rap inspired his own decision to explore his creativity.
βI think what got me into it was watching all the old footage of Kobe,β he told ESPNβs Rachel Nichols. βEverything that Kobe did...As someone who was a fan of his, I got to see him in so many different facets of life. And I was like, βYou know, what? I do want to do things thatβs out of the box.ββ
Listen to Wade put it down for Miami below.
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