Moneybagg Yo has given his perspective on the ongoing drama surrounding his hometown basketball hero Ja Morant in a new interview.
The Memphis artist appeared on the Complex show 360 With Speedy Morman and spoke about the NBA superstar and how he believes his current trials and tribulations are only a temporary situation.
“Unfortunately the situation going on with him right now, he 23, I feel like it’s just a phase,” Moneybagg Yo said. “He prolly don’t even understand. When I was 23 — let me just quit talking like I’m an old head but you get what I mean. When I was exactly 23, 24, I was just doing stuff and I had to bump my head and God had to boom, boom. I’m grateful to make it out those situations, some people don’t even shake back from certain situations.”
He added: “But Ja prolly don’t even know what it is right now. He prolly don’t even believe this his life right now. This just one of them phases. Ja gonna snap out of it. Of course, I gave him encouraging words and he was like, ”Preciate that big bro, I got you, I’ma get it right.’”
Check out the full interview below:
Ja Morant was suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies again earlier this month after another video surfaced of him flashing a firearm on social media, this time in a vehicle with friends while blasting NBA YoungBoy’s music.
Since then, many critics have come out and accused Hip Hop of influencing Morant’s behavior, with Ja Rule, Paul Pierce and other Hip Hop and hoop figures agreeing that rap music has played a role.
In a quick catch-up with TMZ, Maino said he doesn’t believe that Hip Hop should be blamed for Morant’s poor choices.
“It don’t have nothing to do with NBA YoungBoy, it don’t have nothing to do with rap music,” he said. “All of us — as men, as adults — we have responsibilities and decisions to make. That’s like when keeping it real goes all the way wrong. How real do you need…
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