The big man, biggest since Patrick Ewing, right?, Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement after winning four (count em) bastketball championships among many awards. No, he couldn't act and he sure couldn't rap, but still… he could play basketball. As his friend Biggie noted, "You're either slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jumpshot."
Apparently, Shaq and Biggie recorded a rap and a video called "You Can't Stop The Reign" , released in 1998 though I haven't heard it.
Last March this is what Shaq had to say about the great rapper: "First time I heard Biggie Smalls was he said my name in a rap" Shaq told ESPN. "Said 'I'm slamming brothers like Shaquille, shit-t is real' … And instantly I became a fan."
"When I seen him I saw that he was a big guy. It's an unwritten rule that all big guys stick together."
"My concept was always to rap with my favorite rappers" Shaq recalled of wanting to record with B.I.G. "So i put out a call to him and asked if he would do a song with me."
"I was nervous. The reason why I was nervous was because he was the greatest. We went to the studio and he got done in five minutes. Was the most incredible thing I ever seen in my life."