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LeBron James Calls Jay-Z His ‘Big Brother’ After Taking His Side in His Feud Against Drake

LeBron James explains what his relationship with Jay-Z is like, calling him a ‘big brother’ who taught him a lot when he was a teen.

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LeBron James has famously referred to himself as a ‘hip-hop historian‘ in the past. He’s teased new tracks from artists long before they released, even executive-producing a 2 Chainz album back in 2019. He’ll share unreleased lyrics from Drake or tell Kendrick Lamar and TDE to release Untitled Unmastered. Jay-Z often goes out of his way to find King James before basketball games he attends.

But like anyone involved in hip-hop, now he’s found himself in the middle of a beef. Drake has felt particularly scorned by LeBron James after he showed up to support Kendrick Lamar at The Pop Out in 2024. “I shouldn’t even be shocked to see you in that arena, because you always made your career off of switching teams up,” Drake raps on “Make Them........

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