LL Cool J is going down memory lane.
Kobe Bryant
's, side hustle of rap music. In 1999, Bryant signed a record deal for his first rap album. The lead single, titled"K.O.B.E.," was released in 2000 -- but the album never saw the light of day. "We talked about rap," LL shared, telling ET that he and Bryant would have conversations about music."He played me this album, this gangsta rap album and I was like, 'Kobe,' I said, 'Come on dog. That's not what you need to be doing [laughs].' He had a gangster rap album. He played me that album, we're sitting in a parking lot.
"Yeah, we're not gonna pretend like we wasn't laughing," LL said."Like yeah yeah yeah the world was laughing, that was not — but you know, he took his shot. He took his shot."
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