Stephon Marbury may be losing his mind, crying and eating Vaseline on YouTube but he’s not that dumb. Unlike Kobe, Shaq, Roy Jones Jr., Allen Iverson, and Ron Artest, he hasn’t wasted all the time and energy—nevermind big bank—that it takes to launch a rap career. When he gets the urge, he just uploads a new Vlog to his ever-growing YouTube channel.
I mean, all the athletes listed above are MVP status… but they can’t rap their way out of a cardboard box.
Have a look back at some of the catastrophes…
Stephon Marbury doesn’t want to be a rapper he just freestyles for fun no matter how terrible it is. Sticking to basketball may be his brightest idea yet.
Roy Jones Jr. was named “Fighter of the Decade” by the Boxing Writers Association of America in the 1990′s. He has won and held seven championship belts at one time. He was even in the Olympics, but that wasn’t enough—he had to be a rapper. “Ya’ll Must Of Forgot” is by far the worst song ever created. Round One: The Album hasn’t even gone gold.
Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Having scored 81 points in one game, it seemed like he could conquer anything, that is, except rap. Kobe’s big single “K.O.B.E” featuring Tyra Banks made little noise in the rap world and the album was never released. Kinda like a movie going directly to DVD.
“Jewel” a.k.a Allen Iverson attempted a rap career in 2001. Although he claimed it was something he always wanted to do, his album was scrapped and never released. He did manage to release a few singles. “40 bars” caused the most controversy.
No doubt Ron Artest might be crazy, but out of all the athlete wanna-be rappers his song is the most listenable to. Still no Jay-Z or even Nelly for that matter (ouch!), the beat on his song doesn’t make you want to vomit. Mike Jones even makes a guest appearance, but not even he can help Ron’s rap career.
Shaq, may be talented on the court but with lyrics like “Then I punched ha in the stomach, I dont give a heck (Ayo why you play a hooker like that) cause she breathed on my neck.” It’s hard to understand just how his album went platinum…
