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There has always been this natural, cozy connection between hip-hop and basketball. Just one of those pairings that make sense, in an unexplainable yet explainable way. From Chuck D. shouting out Charles Barkley to Phife Dawg name-dropping Scott Skiles to Tunechi making an entire song dedicated to Kobe Bryant, the two just feel right together—like peanut butter and jelly, or Liberals and Birkenst

XXL got a chance to catch up with Metta World Peace, the Artest formerly known as Ron, last Tuesday when the Los Angeles Lakers player came in to town to take on the Brooklyn Nets. We took a ride with him back to his hometown Queensbridge, and got a chance to see him in his most familiar environment...

With the threat of an NBA lockout, Game is able to bring in the heavyweights to his Drew League basketball team...

These five guys picked up a ball and a mic, and weren't completely awful at both...