ESPN.com · Aug 29, 2018
LeBron James vows to continue speaking out on social issues
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James says he has lost popularity for speaking out on social issues -- but that won't deter from continuing to do so.
"I want the satisfaction. Not for myself but for everybody else. I was raised off of [rappers] Snoop [Dogg] and [Tupac] and [Jay-Z] and Biggie [Smalls] and now I get an opportunity to be the inspiration around what all of these kids are looking up to? And for me to just sit back and not say s--- when a lot of my peers didn't say s---? It didn't feel right," James said on the debut episode of "The Shop," an HBO show featuring an unscripted discussion between James and other athletes and entertainers.
