2 Chainz Details Meeting Kobe For The First Time

2 Chainz comes with an unexpected comparison in “Sacrificing My Life,” the newly-released second part of his new series, naming Kobe Bryant as someone he believes he can relate to. Reflecting back on his first encounter with the NBA star, the "Feds Watching" rapper expresses that he and Kobe have shared the same struggles.

"I remember meeting Kobe for the first time,” said 2 Chainz. “I got to admit that I’m fans of people myself. Like Denzel Washington, Kobe Bryant, of course LeBron. You know, I took the time just to explain to him how I use a strong correlation between me rapping like Kobe plays ball. And then I told, him I said ‘I honor and I respect you sacrificing your life to entertain us.’ And it was more or less me just basically explaining to him how I admire his work ethic.”

Later detailing, “Although I couldn’t’ see him being in the gym every day working on his left, shooting free throws, shooting jump shots, I can see the results when it was game time,” said the rapper. “I could see the conditioning. And so, for me, I feel like people didn’t see what I was doing off the air when nobody was looking. [I want to know] how hard I was working on my left hand or my jump shot or my ability to become the next rap superstar. But when offered the chance to show my talent, I think I took my opportunity and ran with it.”

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