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Slack.com slash DHQ. There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether

that's just because I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5. But I think it's just the

holiday period. It's just for me, it's the most romantic period. And I think anyone who's

listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of rowbacks.

Join in every sip with Red Cops now Back at Starbucks. The Big Man was rapping and the

guys on the bus were doubled over, howling with laughter. Shaquille O'Neill was freestyling

and his teammates whistled and cheered as he conjured up Rory's rhymes out of thin air.

Kobe Bryant listened intently. It was the 96-97 season. Kobe's first with the Lakers

and he was 18 years old. Shaquille, whose album Shaquille Diesel had gone platinum two years

earlier, encouraged his teammates to join in. Instead, Kobe went home and did what he'd

always done. He worked and worked and worked until he perfected his own riff. The next

time the Lakers started rapping on the bus, Kobe chimed in. But his rap was clearly rehearsed

and they immediately called him out for it. So we would rap on top of the Hiko all that

we'd come back and make this use these big words in the rap. That's kind of freestyle.

No, no, it's off the dome Kobe insisted. Nobody was buying it. Least of all Shaq. Former

Laker Rick Fox was on the bus that day. He remembers the devastation on Kobe's face

when Shaq and the others ridiculed him. Kobe desired to fit in. Always came from a competitive

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