Michael Jordan: "What is a Rakim? Is that hard rap?"

[Samori Toure]

In the 70's and early 80's? You out of your mind?

don't question my musical taste breh, I'll run circles around you. I was listening to Portishead long before you fam, don't get me started on trip hop. My vinyl copy of Depression Cherry will be arriving this weekend btw. Imma rep you but watch yaself.

I'm just marveling at the fact that doesn't fukk with hip hop

Probably because the music is not from is generation. He probably knows every Earth, Wind and Fire album ever made. And don't even get him started on Rufus featuring Chaka Khan; the Ohio Players; Sly and the Family Stone and Curtis Mayfield; but a lot of rappers didn't hit it big until after he was an adult.

 

[Will Ross]

Not shocking at all plenty of dude his age did not listen to hip hop like that.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Jordan's teen years were probably filled with sly and the family stone and Chaka Kahn ...makes sense he wasn't on it imo

That's how I see it too. He was born in '63 and the music he would've grew up with would've been from the 70s. Mc lyte confirming that he was into the OJays and maze sounds about right

 

[intilectual recipricol]

Maybe counting to 21 by 7's ain't impressive to a nikka nearing a billy

 

[Deltron]

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

One of the most, if not THE most, influential athlete in our culture doesn't even like the music

And some black folk still buy his overpriced shyt

 

[Kid McNamara]

don't question my musical taste breh, I'll run circles around you. I was listening to Portishead long before you fam, don't get me started on trip hop. My vinyl copy of Depression Cherry will be arriving this weekend btw. Imma rep you but watch yaself.

I'm just marveling at the fact that doesn't fukk with hip hop

Respect none the less.

 

[The Dust King]

let this be known that gangster rap was called hard rap before the man gave it a new name

let us also praise bobbitos interview skills and breakdown

 

[loyola llothta]

One of the most, if not THE most, influential athlete in our culture doesn't even like the music

aint that something.

 

[UpAndComing]

I see what you're saying but there's a bunch of ballers that played with Mike, round his age, that love hip hop music. I just find it funny that his sneakers is huge in our culture and it's history and that he doesn't even fvck with the music at all.

Yupp. Kenny the Jet Smith, who was his North Carolina teammate in college, is HUGE fan of rap

 

[Geek Nasty]

1. Jordan is in that R&B generation
2. He was living like a basketball shaolin monk in the 80s when EB&R were on top

 

[Xane Vic]

ha, Jordan bein' worse than a "culture vulture"...

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

He's definitely on his but I'm not surprised because of his age & where he group up at. If his family stayed in Brooklyn then he'd know exactly who the pioneers were & know Rakim

Exactly. Lot of young cats don't know how it was back then. I can assure you that no stations were playing hip hop in NC.

 

[jwinfield]

Micheal always wanted to be white and distance himself from black people,

 

[FeloniousMonk]

I gotta call bullshyt..

Rappers Delight was EVERYWHERE.

3-4 years later Rakim came out..

How this young black yout denies he ever know who Ra is sounds preposterous..

THis nicca MJ had to be the ultimate church boy square to NOT listen to rap music..and not know who the GOD EMCEE was..

SOMMEBODY had to be like "Mike you hear this new rapper..."