NBA Logos Re-Designed as Hip Hop Artists

Hip Hop and the NBA have been synonymous almost since the its inception, as many of the inner city culture that spawned the birth of hip-hop has also been the breeding grounds of many of the better basketball players for generations.

Rappers want to be athletes and athletes want to be rappers. Shaq, Allen Iverson, Kobe and Damian Lillard have had a rap album to name a few, Master P once played for the Hornets in the pre-season and artists like Drake and Jay-Z have inserted themselves into the branding of their local NBA franchises.

That’s why it makes sense to imagine a world where NBA logos were associated with hip hop artists. Upproxx.com has made that dream a reality.

Here are some of the best NBA logo/city and rap artist mash-ups:

TUPAC-LAKERS

BIGGIE-KNICKS

JAY-Z-NETS

DRAKE-RAPTORS

KANYE WEST-BULLS

LIL WAYNE-PELICANS

E-40-WARRIORS

VANILLA ICE-MAGIC

NWA-CLIPPERS

EMINEM-PISTONS

OUTKAST-HAWKS

I am looking forward to a fictional NBA Finals of the Los Angeles Tupac’s vs. the New York Biggie’s, with the Chicago Kanye’s interrupting the Los Angeles Tupac’s championship trophy presentation to say that the Tupac’s are great but the Golden State E’40’s are the best team of all-time.

H/T Uproxx.com