Shaquille O’Neal is returning to rap.
The NBA legend who launched 4 hip-hop albums within the ‘90s will drop a brand new single known as “King Talk” on May 2 in celebration of the NBA Playoffs. It is a collaboration with Ghanian-American rapper Blackway.
O’Neal first teased the music on Feb. 7 on his Twitter, Instagram and TikTok in an animation video that celebrated LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to change into the NBA’s all-time main scorer.
The 51-year-old entertainer had success within the ‘90s with music, including the platinum-selling album Shaq Diesel, released in 1993. It featured the gold-selling singles “What’s Up Doc? (Can We Rock)” and “(I Know I Got) Skillz” — which each cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — in addition to collaborations with late A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg, Def Jef and Fu-Schnickens. Some of the tracks had been produced by EPMD’s Erick Sermon and Tribe’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
The cowl artwork for “King Talk”
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O’Neal’s follow-up, 1994’s Shaq Fu: Da Return, went gold and featured songs with Method Man, RZA, Redman and Keith Murray. His third album, 1996’s You Can’t Stop the Reign, included collaborations with the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Rakim, DJ Quik, Mobb Deep and Peter Gunz. And his 1998 album, Respect, featured a collaboration with Kobe Bryant, who launched his personal rap music that includes Tyra Banks within the early 2000s and in addition rapped on a remix of Destiny’s Child’s Grammy-winning hit “Say My Name.”
In latest years O’Neal has moonlighted as DJ Diesel, performing digital dance music at festivals and his personal occasion, the pre-Super Bowl extravaganza Shaq’s Fun House. O’Neal has additionally launched digital dance singles, together with collaborations with fashionable DJ producers like Steve Aoki, Wuki, NITTI, NGHTMRE, Riot Ten, 4B and Eliminate.
He just lately in contrast the frenzy of performing dwell onstage to enjoying on the basketball court docket in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“It’s like being in a basketball game and having people come and cheer you on and support you,” he stated in February forward of his efficiency at Shaq’s Fun House. “I just want everybody to have a good time.”
“King Talk”’ was produced by Koko and can be launched on streaming platforms through Hive Music/Position Music. Blackway is greatest recognized for showing on the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning animation movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse with the music “What’s Up Danger,” a collaboration with duo Black Caviar. His music “Heavyweight” was utilized by the NFL for its Songs of the Season marketing campaign, which highlighted music from rising acts and included their music into broadcasts all through the soccer season.
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