A few weeks ago Wale went on ESPN’s “First Take” to debut his new song “Running Back” featuring Lil Wayne, who made a surprise appearance on the set. Today, the MMG rapper gives fans the studio version of the song.
On the track Wale boasts about how “the money be coming in,” while also exchanging sports references with Lil Wayne. The two are well-known sports aficionados and make up a perfect combination over the smooth instrumental.
“Running Back” may be the next single off Wale’s forthcoming album ‘SHINE’, which is expected to be released later this year according to the rapper.
Listen to the CDQ version of “Running Back” below via Apple Music.
Also, check out the behind the scenes footage of the “Running Back” music video below.
ESPN isn’t a usual place to debut new music, but don’t tell that to Wale. The DC rapper made an unprecedented move today, as he debuted “Running Back” featuring Lil Wayne on ESPN’s First Take.
While Wale performed with a live band behind him, Lil Tunechi came out of nowhere to deliver his verse on “Running Back.” The song is expected to be featured on Wale’s forthcoming album ‘S.H.I.N.E.’, the follow-up to 2015’s ‘The Album About Nothing’.
Both Wale and Wayne love sports as much as they do music and have been guests in the past on ESPN’s First Take. Wale even recorded the show’s theme song in the past.
The Game has always been a major advocate for change on social issues in America. Just last week he along with Snoop Dogg and Problem led a peaceful rally in LA and met with the Mayor, Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief, Charlie Beck in hopes of unifying LA.
This week, Game joined Power 106’s J. Cruz and Yesi Ortiz for a special edition of #KnowledgeIsPower, where he along with Nick Cannon, Dr. Abdullah, and Wendy Carrillo talked about the ongoing race issues in America and the definition of #BlackLivesMatter.
Following the conversation Game delivered a very powerful spoken word speech that he tirelessly worked on and fell asleep writing “so, it may sound unfinished at the end.” Read the lyrics to the unnamed piece below.
Game’s Spoken Word Lyrics
The problem started with our fathers being forced to sell drugs to our own people given to us by the same government that locks us away in cages. Taking black men out of the ghettos they were put in and leaving the black woman and child alone to survive in a world with little or no resources because they lack the strength instilled upon man by God who as our creator knowing which roll the male species will play in building of what we now know as the earth. We were put here to share this one race, the human race, but over time the devil in his hatred of God as caused a wedge between man and the earth or a glitch in the matrix as some would say causing a ripple in the bloodlines of Black, White, Asian, Spanish and Indian cultures causing a segregated lifestyle in which the minority, yes the minority, it being us, African-Americans has surfed the most in all areas deemed inhumane from being slaves tied in chains to slaves hung by gangs.
These gangs, the American government, and KKK are now equal to African-Americans when we roll up and pull out a KKK. But who are we pointing our guns at? Each other, our sister and our brothers, but we scared, yeah we scared to point it in the direction of others. But the white man he’ll walk in church and kill our aunties and our mothers and we just lay down in streets cold and stiff under white covers. The same covers the Klu Klux Klan wore over their over heads to do us in then we get pulled over by the police and they wonder why we got guns because you ain’t gonna shot us man.
We want to defend ourselves like Mutombo, we want to be at home reading our children Micky Mouse and Dumbo, we want pardons by Obama before he gone, so we make it home just in time for grandmothers gumbo, but it won’t happen cause even Barack don’t have the freedom that he wants. He in the white house with black skin, I’d rather be out in the front, but his daughters, beautiful young black queens, living the American dream while our daughters are on the other side of the fence getting pregnant in their teens and I do not blame our President for sh**. I blame the government for trying to ease the black man since our existence.
This fight has been fixed it is a trap, yeah it is a trap black man, set up so we can never be as rich as Bruce Wayne that only leaves us with Batman, a character in a mask that has to hide his identity. Do all the work for police killing minorities saving them time and a whole lot of energy and we got enemies, we got a lot of enemies government want to see us all in the penitentiary trying to put the slave black in a n*****. You know they’ll murder us. Look how they did John Kennedy. So black man please put the blunt down, the lean and the Hennessy. It’s time to father our future so our existence is more than just a memory.
CHANCE HONORS MOHAMMAD ALI AT ESPYS
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Chance The Rapper flawlessly paid homage to Muhammad Ali with a real soulful tribute at the ESPN ESPY Awards. In the process, Chance also debuted a new song while Ali’s greatest moments flickered on the jumbotron.
“Ain’t nowhere greater,” he sang. “Ain’t nowhere brighter / Ain’t nowhere better / Ain’t no one prettier / Ain’t no one wiser / Ain’t no one better.”
Chance then proceeds with the touching chorus: “I was a rock/ I was a rock and roller/ Back in my day/ But now I’m just a rock/ I was a rock and roller/ Back in my day/ But now I’m just a rock/ I was a rock.”
On stage joining Lil Chano was Jamila Woods, Peter Cottontale, Teddy Jackson, Donnie Trumpet and a full choir that added depth and emotion to the performance.
See Chance’s pre-performance warm-up with NBA MVP, Steph Curry below.
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 14, 2016
Following the show he expressed his gratitude for Ali. What a great moment for Chance, whom although independent has accomplished some real big things.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 14, 2016
RICH HOMIE QUAN BLOWS BIGGIE TRIBUTE
The best way Rich Homie Quan honored the Notorious B.I.G. last night at VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors, was not by performing “Get Money,” but by wearing a Coogi sweater and a pair of Timberland boots.
Quan hit the stage with Lil’Kim to honor Big Poppa but was better off staying on the sidelines. Not even sure why Quan was picked to honor Biggie. I can think of atleast 10 other guys who would’ve fit that bill better.
It is clear that the hip-hop world is feeling “Some Type Of Way” after watching that horrendous tribute. Check out some of the Internet’s reaction below.
Kobe Bryant celebrated his final NBA season with an epic 60-point game. On Thursday he was awarded with the “Legend” award at the Nickolodeon’s Kids Choice Sport awards.
Bryant was brought on stage by Zendaya to receive the award.
Following his motivating speech at the event, he was covered with golden slime. The Black Mamba matched the 16 NBA championships he won in his career with the slime.
Watch the full event on Nickolodeon tomorrow night.
Last night Chance The Rapper flawlessly paid homage to the greatest boxer ever, Muhammad Ali with a real soulful tribute at the ESPN ESPY Awards. In the process, Chance also debuted a new song while Ali’s greatest moments flickered on the jumbotron.
“Ain’t nowhere greater,” he sang. “Ain’t nowhere brighter / Ain’t nowhere better / Ain’t no one prettier / Ain’t no one wiser / Ain’t no one better.”
Chance then proceeds with the touching chorus: “I was a rock/ I was a rock and roller/ Back in my day/ But now I’m just a rock/ I was a rock and roller/ Back in my day/ But now I’m just a rock/ I was a rock.”
On stage joining Lil Chano was Jamila Woods, Peter Cottontale, Teddy Jackson, Donnie Trumpet and a full choir that added depth and emotion to the performance.
See Chance’s pre-performance warm-up with NBA MVP, Steph Curry below.
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 14, 2016
Following the show he expressed his gratitude for Ali. What a great moment for Chance, whom although independent has accomplished some real big things.
It’s no secret how much Kobe Bryant means to the people of L.A. and all Laker aficionados.
In case you don’t know of Kobe’s legacy, Kendrick Lamar teamed up with ESPN’s Scoop Jackson to perform a special tribute for the Laker legend called, “Kobe Bryant: Fade to Black.”
The tribute is mixed with K. Dot’s Untitled 07 better known as “Levitate” off of his ‘Untitled Unmastered.’
Kendrick poetically highlights some of the Mamba’s biggest moments in the video, as he paces around the Forum in Inglewood, where the Lakers played until the ’99-’00 season.
Kobe will play his final game at home against the Utah Jazz Wednesday and will be aired on ESPN2.
Beat Cancer By How You Live.
The sports world is mourning the loss of ESPN anchor Stuart Scott. He was 49. ESPN reports the sports broadcaster died this morning after his lost to cancer which he was diagnosed in 2007. After 21 years of bringing sports highlights on the network, he was honored the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at last year’s ESPYS.
DJ Khaled went on ESPN’s First Take this morning in support of the Miami Heat. He talked about the AC difficulties during game one and why the Heat plan on taking the chip.
2 Chainz joined the cast of ESPN’s SportsNation the other day. He talked Kobe’s 25th best NBA player ranking list, shoe endorsements in Hip-Hop, and then ranked his top 5 rappers.
2 Chainz chopped it up with us about the NBA finals not too long ago and now he’s chopping it up at the big leagues sitting on the round table of ESPN’s First Take. Something about OKC and the Spurs? Since the Lakers are out, I guess I’ll just root for the West.
Check the best still from the ESPN segment, below.
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