I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.

We're taking this week to look back on one of our favorite interviews with MetaWorld

Peace from 2018. MetaWorld Peace has a big personality which is saying a lot in the context of

being an NBA player. Even though he's been named an all-star and won an NBA championship,

he's one of the most polarizing players in the history of the game. He was born Ron Artest.

He changed his name in 2012. He grew up in Queensbridge, New York, the same massive housing

project that was home to players like Lamar Odom and rappers like Nas and the Duo Mob Deep.

He got drafted in the first round in 1999 by the Chicago Bulls. As a player, he was always an elite

defender, but he had a reputation for losing his cool. When it worked, it made him passionate,

tough, and nearly impossible to get past. But when it didn't, things went south easily.

He played dirty, get into dust-ups on the court. Once in 2004 at a game in Detroit,

a hard foul between players escalated into an all-out brawl between players and fans.

This incident now infamous was called then the Malice at the Palace.

He jumped over the scores table and is trying to get down to the bench.

Artest is in the stands.

Oh, this is awful. Fans are getting involved. Steven Jackson is in the fans.

Well, she was going into the stands.

He's a security trying to somehow restore order.

But Metta World Peace has been honest about his regrets in life.

And in his years as a player and now coach, he's become a powerful advocate for mental health care.

After he helped lead the Lakers to a championship title in 2010, he thanked his therapist.

When we talked, he'd just written a memoir. It's called No Malice, My Life in Basketball,

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