Hustle & Oh-No: 10 Athletes Who Rap Better Than J.J. Redick

J.J. Redick—shooter, d-bag, poet...and rapper?

That's right, J.J. Redick has joined a "super rap group" and will be working on an album for next year.

The same guy who made all of America hate him as a sneering, cocky Blue Devil, who also released a book of poetry, will now try to make it as a rapper.

Not only am I rooting for him to fail, but to fail miserably. However, only time will tell how his rhymes will stack up with other athletes who have taken on the rap game. Here are 10 athletes that Redick has the distinction of following.

Caution, some of these lyrics are NSFW.

Shaq

Ah Shaq, the one who brought athletes crossing over to the mainstream. Believe it or not, Shaq actually had a multi-platinum career. And if you listen to the song below, you will not believe it.

The world got to see just how quick Shaq thinks on his feet a couple of years back when he was freestyling and basically had to resort to saying, "Kobe, tell me how my a-- tastes," over and over.

A true artist.

Ron Artest

It's been well documented by many people, including myself, that Ron Artest is a crazy person. When he wasn't busy punching people in the stands, Ron-Ron found the time to record a rap album.

But unlike so many others, Ron Artest did not stop there. Oh no, he's still going strong. In fact, like so many of the easily influenced masses out there, he was touched by the death of Michael Jackson.

So touched in fact, that he wrote a song about it.

Deion Sanders

Rappers have always been fairly gaudy and flashy, so was it any surprise that Deion Sanders, one of the flashiest people ever to play a sport, wanted to be a rapper as well?

Let's just say that it didn't go well.

Allen Iverson aka Jewelz

Back in 2000, Iverson was at the height of his game and was about to head into the season where he would eventually win the MVP award.

There was just one tiny little roadblock.

Iverson had recorded an album under the moniker "Jewelz" and had released a song titled 40 Bars that created plenty of controversy, since Iverson was never one to tone down his act.

Aside from the language and subject matter, the album also allegedly had derogatory lines about homosexuals. So David Stern, doing what he did best, squashed it. The album was never released and Iverson won the MVP.

Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr. has a bit of an ego. What better way to let the world know how great you are than through song?

And let us know he does. Or at the very least, Roy just continues to chide us for possibly forgetting how great he is.

Either way, I'm pretty much done listening to him.

Chris Webber aka C-Webb

When you hear this song, your first instinct might be, "Hey, that's not so bad," but then you realize that was Kurupt on the mic. When you hear Webber jump on, and you will know exactly when he does, you'll understand why this is so bad.

He just seems clumsy, like everything is forced. And I'm pretty sure I heard the phrase "fetish for lettuce" in there.

Proceed at your own risk.

Tony Parker

Tony Parker cannot look thug. It's just not possible.

Maybe it's that he's French, or that he's rapping in French, or that he's French.

Yeah, I think it's that he's French. He could be the greatest rapper in the world but I still wouldn't be able to take him seriously when he's rapping in French. Or it could be the pastels.

Yeah, there's just nothing gangsta about Tony Parker.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe took a page out of Iverson's book. He had an album all set to release, with a single and everything, but controversy and concern over his image kept him from releasing it.

In his song, he alludes to slapping a woman to keep her quiet. Which is nice when you're performing for a bunch of kids. He and Tyra Banks have a contest to see who's the least talented singer, but when Kobe starts to rap in Italian, as usual, he blows away the competition.

Troy Hudson aka T-Hud

Troy Hudson is one of those players who really believes that he is a rapper. His drum machine accompanies him on every road trip and he has allegedly recorded about 800 songs.

When he finally put some of those songs onto an album, Undrafted, T-Hud has about the same kind of success he's had on the basketball court. His album sold just 78 copies in the first week.

The Chicago Bears

Simultaneously one of the best and worst moments in sports history.

It's so historically bad in every single way, yet I still expect Redick to be more painful than this.

Honorable Mention: B-Ball's Best Kept Secret

I can't believe I just found out that this existed.

Released in 1994, a bunch of NBA-ers released a rap album. Featuring the talents of Dana Barros, Malik Sealy, Shaq, Brian Shaw, Ced Ceballos, Chris Mills, Jason Kidd, J.R. Rider, Dennis Scott, and Gary Payton, this has to be the funniest thing I've ever seen.

It's available on Amazon for basically the cost of shipping.

If you're a true NBA fan, you need this album.

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