Shaquille O'Neal helped pave the way for NBA stars to find success in hip-hop. Damian Lillard followed suit with his lyrical talents. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Photos: Gabe ...

Shaquille O'Neal is not one to shy away from any challenge, which made him one of the best basketball players of all time. But it is the same mindset he has for his other passions, including music.

Shaq and Ice Cube revisit how basketball and hip hop built a lasting cultural connection that will last the test of time.

In an unfortunate turn of events, famous rapper Lil Jon announced the death of his son, Nathan Smith, after the Georgia police recovered his body from a pond last Friday. Following the incident, Hall ...

Four years, two teams and a championship later, Shaquille O'Neal is still ripping Kobe Bryant. Video on TMZ.com shows the Phoenix Suns center doing a freestyle rap in a nightclub on Sunday night in ...

Sometimes a single line can make headlines. That's true. However, when a comment is about someone's body, comes from a Hall of Famer and is aimed at a top-tier rapper, it's bound to spread quickly.

When Shaquille O’Neal and Ice Cube appeared together on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1999, the image captured a cultural truth. Basketball and hip hop had already grown from the same soil, and ...