DJ Khaled Recalls Being a Ball Boy for Orlando Magic, Mutual Respect with Shaq

DJ Khaled as Shaquille O'Neal's ball boy? True story.

The award-winning producer and social media star was a ball boy for the Orlando Magic back in the early 1990s and sold his mixtape to some of the players.

Here's a full transcript of the video above:

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I used to live in Orlando, and I actually was a ball boy for the Magic, and I used to sell my mixtapes back in the locker rooms to the players. Every time an NBA player pulled up to the parking lot, they were bumping that DJ Khaled mixtape. … It was a great experience for me because I got to see these guys come from the bottom, like when Shaq first got signed to Orlando. And then still be his friend, and when I see him and show love and salute, he know where I come from, meaning from the bottom, hustling this music.

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Video courtesy of Sama'an Ashrawi