Rex Chapman: The Content We're Here For

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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You might know Rex Chapman as a social media star, the guy who shares "Block or Charge" memes with his 600,000 followers. He's also THAT Rex Chapman, a college basketball superstar for Kentucky and NBA great. And he's yet another Rex Chapman, one who's struggled with addiction and gambling behind the scenes. ESPN's Ryan McGee got to know the many sides of Chapman in an extended profile for E:60, and traces his journey in sports, media and life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My life had gone to .
0:05.0	I do remember many days thinking, my life is never going to be worth a damn again.
0:13.0	I'm never going to laugh again.
0:15.0	And I started posting some of this stuff.
0:18.0	I thought, all right, well, this probably has some traction.
0:21.5	But at no point did I ever think that it would kind of blow up like this.
0:29.6	That was the voice of an unlikely social media influencer, a man who went from being a
0:35.3	Kentucky basketball icon to a face of addiction, to a Twitter star,
0:40.7	who rose up by asking that age-old question, block or charge.
0:46.3	Today, Ryan McGee brings us the story of how Rex Chapman went from dropping 39 on Jordan's Bulls
0:52.8	to bringing us the content we're all here for. I'm
0:56.4	Meena Kimes. It's Friday, March 27th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.
1:06.7	Hi, Ryan.
1:11.7	How many comms?
1:12.1	How are you?
1:14.0	I'm all right.
1:19.1	Like most people these days, I am spending entirely too much time on the internet.
1:20.5	And let's start there.
1:25.4	I want you to open Twitter, look at your timeline, and tell me what you're seeing.
1:31.9	I'm seeing pandemics and I'm seeing politics and I'm seeing maybe a little bit of Tom Brady in Tampa Bay, which might be the weirdest part of the whole thing.
1:36.3	And then I'm seeing a guy in the rain running into a stop sign.
1:40.8	And I'm seeing a kid getting smacked in the face by an elephant.
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