Magic Johnson Responds To Nas Hailing His Business Prowess On Magic Sequel Homage

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.

โ€œOn Nasโ€™s new album Magic 2 he dedicated track 7 to me called Earvin Magic Johnson!โ€ the 63-year-old wrote. โ€œThank you for the respect and honour of my business acumen. Youโ€™re a hell of a businessman in your own right!โ€

On Nasโ€™s 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. Youโ€™re 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 heโ€™s built up one of the largest empires of any Black athlete to date. โ€œOn my Earvin Magic Johnson, Iโ€™m 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 โ€™80s.

โ€œI still ball, me and Wilson put up forty on the board/ At The Forum like Iโ€™m 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 heโ€™s proficient in, dubbing this recent period as his โ€œbestโ€ yet. โ€œIโ€™m happy to be around making new music because I love it,โ€ he wrote on social media. โ€œHaving the best year of my life. I caught the Holy Spirit and Iโ€™m 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 heโ€™s experienced thatโ€™s led to the uptick in album releases over the past five years. โ€œIโ€™m in one of these creative growth spurts,โ€ he told Vanity Fair last month. โ€œItโ€™s something that Iโ€™m really excited about, and it surprises me โ€“ but Iโ€™m 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€™ โ€œEarvin Magic Johnsonโ€ tribute below.

ยฉ 2023 โ€ข Story By Edem Latsu Nukafu
Writer’s email:edemlatsu093@gmail.com


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