The late, great Kobe Bryant ‘s last NBA game was truly one of its kind. On April 13, 2016, Bryant closed out the two-decade-long chapter with a 60-point game against the
Utah Jazz. While fans witnessed a true genius one last time,
Rapper ScHoolboy Q lived several dreams in that one night. During a recent appearance on the ‘ Podcast P with Paul George ‘, Q recalled meeting his
music idols
Jay-Z and Kanye West. The ‘Man of the Year’ rapper said that, before that game, he never met Jay-Z and Kanye, but it was definitely on his bucket list. What surprised him the most about Jay is that when he saw him and Kendrick Lamar together, Jay-Z asked them for a picture. Q also said that, around the same time, he had sent Kanye his ‘THat Part’ song and wanted the
Chicago rapper to lay down a verse for him. All of this happening at the same time and on the day when Kobe laced up for the Lakers one last time, Q said he was a bit overwhelmed. In an almost zoned-out state, he wasn’t even paying attention to the game, and it was only after Kendrick’s reminder that Kobe just passed 40 points that Q started watching the game. He said, “That’s my favorite player man. That’s my favorite player of all time, Kobe. But I was more like so into the Kanye, Jay-Z sh*t, like, what the fu*k just happened.” Q eventually managed to witness the last few minutes of the game and the moment when Kobe reached 60.
Kanye West name-dropped Kobe Bryant on THat Part In April, Q and Kanye met for the first time and as he recalled, he had sent his song to Kanye for a verse. In June, of that year, they dropped the song, and it has over 207 million views on
YouTube alone. It could have been the impact of witnessing Kobe during his last game that when Kanye wrote his verse, he dedicated a bar to the Black Mamba . He said, “Walkin’, livin’ legend, man, I feel like Kobe (Kobe).”