 We've all heard the saying that musicians want to live like athletes and athletes want to live like musicians and These NBA players actually gave it a shot. I'm Rachel Demita for Uproxx and get those speakers ready because here we go Start with Shaq Shaq had a pretty successful NBA rap crossover career He released five studio albums including a compilation album and Shaq diesel even went platinum And now Shaq is touring the world DJing shows headlining festivals like what can't this guy do? Moving on to one of my favorite NBA players of all time Alan Iverson Hey, I had a short-lived music career in 2000 He released a debut single called 40 bars under his rap name jewels But the NBA took offense at the singles lyrics NBA commissioner David Stern even said Alan Iverson has done a disservice to himself the Philadelphia 76ers his teammates and perhaps all of the NBA Yikes now. Let's talk about Kobe Bryant. Kobe had an early start rapping with his high school group And he was even signed by Sony, but his first single KOB Was a disaster Real love last I did you love me or my cash my name thing drop top into the wind Let's talk meta world peace you guys saw this one coming, right? Meta released a rap album called my world and it actually featured some pretty legit rappers like P. Diddy and Mike Jones It didn't hit the top of the charts, but I wouldn't say it's the worst on our list today I don't make music. I'm probably done. I know Tony Parker Belgium-born Parker is a huge fan of music and he released a French hip-hop album featuring Collaborations with various artists like Jamie Foxx his song balance TWA features ex-wife Avalon Gorya And it even made it to number one on the French Tarts And the newest addition to the hip-hop scene is Damien Lillard You guys are probably familiar with his four bar Friday a social media campaign to get a bunch of people sharing their Four bar rapping on social media, but that's slowly evolved into him releasing his first Studio album Dame Dala But we had a latitude let's try to think about the kids bread after you I want to know who you guys want to see release a music album next But be careful who you choose guys because your wish just might come true For up rocks. I'm Rachel Demita, and I will see you next time