I thought he was dappin them
Nas Takes Aim At O.J., Tiger And Kobe On 'These Are Our Heroes'
NBA star Kobe Bryant, however, catches most of the heat on the record, being called out by name and compared to Toby from the miniseries “Roots.”
“You can’t do better than that?/ The hotel clerk who adjusts the bathroom mat?” Nas says in his verses, referencing Bryant’s much-publicized criminal charge for sexual assault in Colorado. “You beat the rap, jiggaboo, fake n—a you, you turn around then you sh– on Shaq.”
Nas recently said he was contemplating releasing the song as a single but did not know if media outlets would be able to embrace it.
“It’s a fun record,” Nas insisted. “I pick out certain guys that’s heavy in the media who — whether they’re athletes, rappers, whatever — I think [they’re] c00ning. I don’t know if radio and TV are ready for those images, but they should be, because that’s what hip-hop is.”