Lil Wayne Honors Kobe Bryant By Including 24 Seconds Of Silence In New Album
Folks around the world are honoring Kobe Bryant in their own way. So far we’ve seen fans post tributes all over social media while artists have taken the streets of their town to paint murals of Kobe, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna who died with seven others in a helicopter crash. Meanwhile, celebrities like Lebron James have gotten a tattoo to honor the NBA legend, and now rapper Lil Wayne has made a move to pay his respects to him.
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The rapper released his latest studio album “Funeral” and paid tribute to the fallen athlete with his song “Bing James” featuring Jay Rock. The Lakers superfan left a 24-second-long moment of silence to honor the late superstar’s number when he played for the L.A. Lakers. In addition to that, Wayne’s lyrics also reference his favorite basketball team by calling out their signature uniform colors: “Yellow pill, purple drank.”
This marked Wayne’s second tribute to Kobe. When the devastating news first came out, Wayne took to Instagram to share a throwback picture of himself and Kobe giving each other a fist bump. He captioned the post,
”Forever love. 824.”
As we previously reported, the other victims of the Sunday crash included John Altobelli, a well-respected baseball coach at Orange Coast College, his wife Keri and their daughter Alyssa and basketball coach Christina Mauser. Sarah Chester and her teen daughter Payton were also killed when the Sikorsky S-76 flew into the hillside and burst into flames. Ara Zobayan, the pilot also perished during the crash as well. Many people have also payed their respects to these victims.
At this time, it is still not exactly clear what caused the helicopter to go down. However, reports state that heavy fog may have played a big part.
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