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Miles Bridges: I'm the best rapper in the NBA, not Damian Lillard | The Draymond Green Show

11 Mar 2022 · 2 min

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In this episode of The Draymond Green Show, host Draymond Green sparks a conversation about NBA players who rap, referencing Darius Bazley's claim to be the league's best rapper. He then brings on Miles Bridges, who confidently declares himself the top NBA rapper, ranking himself number one while showing respect for Damian Lillard’s lyrical skill. Bridges mentions other player‑rappers such as D‑Bae (Darius Bazley) and Anthony Edwards, recounts his first rap recording made at Michigan State, and notes how his style has evolved. The dialogue includes short rap excerpts from various speakers, with Green prompting rankings and reflections, creating a light‑hearted yet opinion‑driven debate on the intersection of basketball and hip‑hop culture.

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What's up everybody? It's Draymond Green. Make sure you subscribe to the Volumes YouTube channel below so you don't miss any more of this great content going forward. Recently, Darius Bazley just came out and said he's the best rapper in the NBA. Now I've never heard a DB song, so I can't say he's not, but I do know two rappers in the NBA that I absolutely respect, and that's, Damian Lillard.
I got a laundry list a mile long. If you don't call it like you see it, get the downtown. I gotta go, I can't do yes man or brown nose.
And you.
I get on my mean shit when I go and grab the drink. Gave my mama a house and a car, she got the happy face. Took a bitch to go and eat some burgers, we having crabby dates.
Where do you rate yourself? Y'all my top 2. Maybe you know someone else who's better, I don't know. But where do you rate yourself?
Rank yourself as far as rappers in the NBA?
I mean, of course I'm gonna rank myself number one.
You know, I don't want Dame to try to get in no rap beef with me.
Dame, he don't want to smoke Dollar. He don't want that smoke, Dollar. He saw what you did to Shaq. He don't want to smoke.
Hey, but I definitely think I'm number one. You know, Dame got a great sound. He's very lyrical. I heard D-Bae's stuff.
D-Bae's not messing with me or Dame.
But, you know, and the crazy thing is you heard my first ever rap song I ever made when I was in Michigan.
I did.
When I took my official Michigan State, I played it for you. He was like, "Hold on, start this over. Start this over." I wasn't good at the time, so it's crazy. But yeah, I have to say myself, Dame, D-Bae, he all right. But Anthony Edwards, he's pretty good too.
Ant-Man rap?
Yeah, y'all gotta get hip to him.
He's pretty good.
I walk in the mall and I spend all my money and you know I get it the next day. I know really that young nigga that's getting money, so you know I just stay up out the way.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay. All right.
I'll tell you what, and I'll let you go. Since I feel like you've changed your whole rap style since I last heard that song. Like, I think your rap style now is more like the, it's like the Detroit, like, there's a sound and everyone— Right.
There's a sound to it. And I think if people hear it and they know that type of music, they'll understand it.