Alright, you gotta hear this! The Houston Rockets star, Kevin Durant himself, just dropped an absolute bomb, revealing that LeBron James has more rap songs stashed away in the vault than anyone knew about. According to KD, they’ve got “like three songs” beyond the single track that saw the light of day a few years back. This isn’t just a rumor, folks; this is coming straight from one of the dudes who was in the studio with him!
Kevin Durant and Rich Paul Convinced The King to Rap
Can you even imagine trying to convince LeBron James to do something? Well, Kevin Durant spilled the tea on the “Boardroom Talks” podcast with Speedy Morman, saying he and Rich Paul were the masterminds behind getting Bron into the rap game. Apparently, when you do something for the first time, it can feel a little forced, even for an icon like LeBron. But once The King got into the groove and figured out his flow, he was all in. Durant confirmed it himself: LeBron absolutely loved rap once he got started. It makes you wonder what kind of lyrical fire was being cooked up in those sessions.
The “Wack” Beat Change That Held Back Greatness
Remember that 2018 track, “It Ain’t Easy,” that finally surfaced? It was recorded way back in 2011 during the NBA lockout, when LeBron was with the Miami Heat and Durant was with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Producer Franky Wahoo released it, but here’s the kicker: Durant said they originally rapped over a completely different beat in Akron. Wahoo changed it, and KD didn’t hold back, saying the new beat “just made the song even more wack.” Apparently, Wahoo changed it because he was unsure about the licensing for the original beat. Dude even got a $250,000 offer from TMZ in 2017 to buy the song but turned it down, hoping to ink a deal for it to be in the NBA 2K video game series after talking with Rich Paul. Talk about a missed opportunity for the original beat to shine!
So, where are these legendary additional tracks? That’s the million-dollar question. Durant isn’t quite sure, only that they’re “in that studio in Akron. Somebody out there, engineer somebody, got them.” Will we ever get to hear what LeBron sounds like when he’s truly locked in, spitting bars over the original beats he loved? Here’s hoping some intrepid engineer out there digs them up and lets us all hear the unreleased magic. We need these songs to drop, like, yesterday!
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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