He came over to my place and vice versa multiple times, playing me the album. That summer, I was staying in L.A., hanging out with P. Master P also has an interest in basketball. Jalen says: This is the time when Master P was the hottest artist in music, definitely in rap. Video: Master P, “Goodbye To My Homies” (1998) At that time, Cube was just coming off his situation with N.W.A and his solo album. Anybody that follows me nowadays knows that I’m still friends with Ice Cube - fast-forward to me being in "Barbershop" - so it was just a good opportunity for me. In the video, Ice Cube and I were actually playing the game. This song came out when EPMD were going their separate ways, but I was one of the people who still had a solid relationship with both of them. PMD) actually came to Ann Arbor with my homeboy, and they were at that game. I remember a game in particular where my uncle had passed away on a Thursday or Friday and - this is my junior year - we played against Duke on Saturday in Ann Arbor. I went to East Islip (Long Island) a couple of times, even when I was in college. Jalen says: I became friends with multiple artists who appreciated the Fab Five, appreciated me as a ballplayer.
Here, the lifelong hip-hop junkie breaks down his music-video cameos throughout the years.
"And I never, ever tried to put out an album or a single," he's quick to add. In that span, he was witness to the rise and fall of many hip-hop trends, from Sega Genesis to No Limit to throwbacks to Auto-Tune. Jalen Rose is a cool dude, which should be abundantly clear to anyone who watched "The Fab Five" documentary, followed his 13-year NBA career or currently enjoys his highly entertaining Grantland podcast.Īnd rappers know this, too - which is why Rose has appeared in no less than nine music videos, beginning in his rookie season in Denver all the way to his post-retirement days.
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