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AhmedHip Hop Identity in the NBA - NBALoud
May 23rd 2006 05:57
While the playoffs are on, Stanley is frantic about his NBA. It's surprising, then, that he's managed to ruminate on some of the cultural aspects of basketball in America.
And ruminate, he does: Hip Hop and Black Identity in the NBA.
Stanley doesn't pull his punches, and neither does Ron Artest:
"The player that is most seen as the embodiment of the hip-hop culture that is all pervasive in the league is Allen Iverson.
AI burst into the NBA in the mid-90’s with a bang – cornrows, tattoos, jewellery and the criminal rap sheet made him a nightmare for league executives, while an icon for young fans across the NBA."
And while some of us have fond memories of Michael Jordan, who brought a little touch of space-travelling class to the league, Stan reminds us:
"However, what people tend to forget is that Michael Jordan can be attributed to bringing hip-hop into the NBA. As a rookie for the Chicago Bulls in 1984 he sported gold chains, his own shoe/clothing line, while making commercials with Spike Lee, and dropping the tight shorts, instead preferring the baggier fare. "
I'm all for hip hop in the NBA... personally, I like it a lot better than the rock/country groove that American Football has gone through.
If I was playing in the NBA, boy, I'd be getting thugged out, throwing haymakers left and right, kicking and biting... just basically playing like a twisted, malevolentspirit.
Of course, I'd be a foot, foot and a half shorter than everyone on the court, so I'd need to make my presence felt.
And ruminate, he does: Hip Hop and Black Identity in the NBA.
Stanley doesn't pull his punches, and neither does Ron Artest:
"The player that is most seen as the embodiment of the hip-hop culture that is all pervasive in the league is Allen Iverson.
AI burst into the NBA in the mid-90’s with a bang – cornrows, tattoos, jewellery and the criminal rap sheet made him a nightmare for league executives, while an icon for young fans across the NBA."
And while some of us have fond memories of Michael Jordan, who brought a little touch of space-travelling class to the league, Stan reminds us:
"However, what people tend to forget is that Michael Jordan can be attributed to bringing hip-hop into the NBA. As a rookie for the Chicago Bulls in 1984 he sported gold chains, his own shoe/clothing line, while making commercials with Spike Lee, and dropping the tight shorts, instead preferring the baggier fare. "
I'm all for hip hop in the NBA... personally, I like it a lot better than the rock/country groove that American Football has gone through.
If I was playing in the NBA, boy, I'd be getting thugged out, throwing haymakers left and right, kicking and biting... just basically playing like a twisted, malevolentspirit.
Of course, I'd be a foot, foot and a half shorter than everyone on the court, so I'd need to make my presence felt.
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