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MC Shaq Rips Kobe in Rap

Suns center renews old rivalry—in rhyme

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2008 7:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Even with the Lakers and Celtics matchup over, all is not quiet on the NBA rivalry front. Shaquille O'Neal took the mic at a New York club to perform a freestyle rap suggesting that Kobe Bryant couldn't win a championship without his former teammate: "You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me." Shaq says his (mostly unprintable) two-minute verse "was all done in fun," reports the Los Angeles Times.

The Suns center, who has recorded six rap albums, alluded in his lyrics to the accusation Bryant once made that the big man had paid women to stay quiet about his dalliances. "Kobe ratted me out. That's why I'm getting divorced," O'Neal sang. His Miami Heat took the championship in 2006; Bryant hasn't won a title since O'Neal left the Lakers.

Shaquille O'Neal has never been much of a straight shooter when it comes to free throws, and now it looks like that applies to his treatment of old teammates, as well.
Shaquille O'Neal has never been much of a straight shooter when it comes to free throws, and now it looks like that applies to his treatment of old teammates, as well.   (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Shaquille O'Neal  poses ringside at the UFC 84 Light Heavyweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Las Vegas. The big man's latest rap stylings take aim at Kobe Bryant.
Shaquille O'Neal poses ringside at the UFC 84 Light Heavyweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Las Vegas. The big man's latest rap stylings take aim at Kobe Bryant.   (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal has had a long-simmering feud with Kobe Bryant, but while Shaq has won a ring without the Lakers, Bryant has never taken the title without Shaq.
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal has had a long-simmering feud with Kobe Bryant, but while Shaq has won a ring without the Lakers, Bryant has never taken the title without Shaq.   (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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