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Everything under the sun has been discussed with Kobe, his family life, his professional life,

but kind of getting lost in the mix and something I haven't heard much discussed this week is his brief,

but illustrious rap career.

K-O-B-E, Kobe featuring Tyra Banks with that classic,

da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da.

That beat.

That takes me back.

Brings you right back to a time where Kobe was not yet Kobe and not the figure that we are all morning this week,

and was more of what all these other ball players are right now.

You know, Dan Lindler, to rapper, let me on Bell has an album in the NFL and these guys are like,

if you ask Kobe Bryant a couple days ago before he died,

if he's all about basketball, beats and broads, he would have been more of a,

would have been more embarrassed.

And I think that's why his music career was a very short-lived one.

And I think he kind of noticed it very quickly and was like,

let's fucking put it into this.

I think that was probably the very beginning of the bomb mentality,

where he probably looked back very quickly and was like, it's ridiculous.

About, you know, like, being trying to be a rapper, talking about jewelry and women and stuff,

that's not me.

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