{"id":149166,"date":"2017-09-14T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T17:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=149166"},"modified":"2023-06-12T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:52:49","slug":"remembering-when-nas-dissed-kobe-bryant-on-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/remembering-when-nas-dissed-kobe-bryant-on-a-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering When Nas Dissed Kobe Bryant On A Record"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Lakers legend Kobe Bryant doesn't like to discuss his failed rap career and the fate of his unreleased album Visions<\/strong><\/a>. The first single of the \"shelved\" 2000 album was an awful single called 'K.O.B.E,' which featured supermodel Tyra Banks (who was dating Chris Webber around this time). On the B-side of the promotional record (above) was a Trackmasters-produced cut called 'Thug Poet,' which featured vocals by a pre-'Wanksta' 50 Cent and the great Nas, who is celebrating a birthday today and remains \"real hip-hop\" regardless of what a certain other Laker thinks.<\/p>\n Over the past few years, Nas and Kobe have been seen hanging out and in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stones<\/a>, Nas talked about how they are and have been good friends for years. I'm not sure when the friendship started, but I'm assuming it was a while after 2004. That's the year Nas dropped the album Street's Disciple,<\/strong> which featured a song called 'These Are Our Heroes.' In the song, he takes shots at everybody from OJ Simpson to Tiger Woods and dedicated an entire verse to Kobe, who was going through some rough times with teammate Shaquille O'Neal after the sexual assault case.<\/p>\n