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LiAngelo Ball reveals why he pivoted from basketball to rap

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LiAngelo Ball is getting candid on why he chose to stick with rapping over his former career in basketball.

The "Tweaker" rapper, who just released his debut album, last month, shared on the Bag Fuel podcast that his salary in basketball just wasn't cutting it.

"I was in the G League, that's 3K a month as a grown man," he stated.

LiAngelo (also known as Gelo) played for the Greensboro Swarm, which is the G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets. He also had was also at training camp for the Detroit Pistons, but he was waived before the season began.