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Raptors history: Why did rapper Master P play for the Raptors?

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 02: Master P performs onstage. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

The NBA decided that letting a few rappers take some shots in lieu of the traditional Celebrity Basketball game, and that resulted in Quavo showing off his shooting stroke while 2 Chainz and Lil Baby chucked up brick after brick. The entire charade calls to mind when the Toronto Raptors brought on Master P for a brief tryout.

Despite the fact that the New Orleans rap mogul was at the top of his game at his day job in the late 1990s, he decided to pursue his dream of making it in the pros, earning a tryout with the raptors a year after the Charlotte Hornets turned him down.