Basketball legend Magic Johnson has responded to Nas commending his feats as a magnate in a commendation song on his new album, Magic 2.
On Saturday, July 22, Johnson took to social media to vent his gratitude for the gesture, expanding his props to the Queens rap legend by realizing his prowess as a business mogul.
โOn Nasโs new album Magic 2 he dedicated track 7 to me called Earvin Magic Johnson!โ the 63-year-old wrote. โThank you for the respect and honour of my business acumen. Youโre a hell of a businessman in your own right!โ
On Nasโs new album Magic 2, he dedicated track 7 to me called Earvin Magic Johnson! Thank you for the respect and honour of my business acumen. Youโre a hell of a businessman in your own right! pic.twitter.com/youz36xGFC
โ Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) July 22, 2023
The music, titled after the NBA icon, was dropped on Friday (July 21) and includes nods to his accomplishments in the field of business, as heโs built up one of the largest empires of any Black athlete to date. โOn my Earvin Magic Johnson, Iโm enterprising/ I keep it ghetto like the hood before they gentrified itโ he raps on the chorus, later equating his recent streak of success to that of the Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-led Lakers teams of the โ80s.
โI still ball, me and Wilson put up forty on the board/ At The Forum like Iโm Magic and Kareem on the floor/ Pat Riley on the bench callinโ plays, I just score,โ he brags on the second verse of the Hit-Boy-produced song.
The ‘Ether’ rapper also expressed his appreciation for the creative regeneration heโs proficient in, dubbing this recent period as his โbestโ yet. โIโm happy to be around making new music because I love it,โ he wrote on social media. โHaving the best year of my life. I caught the Holy Spirit and Iโm grateful to be giving it all to the world. Magic 2.โ
Prematurely this year, the 49-year-old god-emcee uttered on the current revitalization in the inspiration heโs experienced thatโs led to the uptick in album releases over the past five years. โIโm in one of these creative growth spurts,โ he told Vanity Fair last month. โItโs something that Iโm really excited about, and it surprises me โ but Iโm not too, too surprised because I was also waiting for the day that I felt like this again, and I knew it would come.โ
Listen to Nasโ โEarvin Magic Johnsonโ tribute below.
ยฉ 2023 โข Story By Edem Latsu Nukafu
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