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How This Kendrick Lamar Track Helped Pull NBA Champion out of a Deep Depression Ahead of Historic Win

NBA Champion Mikal Bridges candidly expressed how “Count Me Out” by Kendrick Lamar was vital in helping him overcome depression.

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Everyone has that song or album to help pull them out of a rut. When you’re in a deep, dark depression, music has the power to inspire. At the very least, it’ll bring comfort when things feel extremely disorienting. This applies to NBA champions just as much as to your everyday person, too. Before Mikal Bridges won his first title with the New York Knicks, he was desperately clawing his way through the playoffs. Progressively, his mental health deteriorated.

In an Instagram Live, Bridges poured some more liquor while “Count Me Out” by Kendrick Lamar came on. He immediately started lip-syncing along with the background vocals before........

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