Gil's Arena Debates The Impact of Hip Hop on NBA Culture

[@davidhall9280]

This is HANDS DOWN Gil’s worst take. To say that hip hop has no influence on basketball is absolutely IDIOTIC!!!

[@Kailua3000]

Right? Did he forget that Allen Iverson exists?

[@BrandNameLess]

And hands down Rashad’s best take

[@Zeke47]

Im telling you, gil been on a bad take run the past 2 weeks

[@ChauncyCharm]

Hip hop has influenced most young black men ( and other ethnicities). Basketball particularly

[@shawnsteven1869]

@@ChauncyCharm the world lol some white ppl I know don't watch but listen and they more bro then me lol. its about what you describe to.. at the end of the day they could make the would a better place but hey are out doing each other.... lmao ill be a tucker, pat Bev, or a role player lmao could of took 50 cent to 900k if melton or tucked hit 2 shots in 30mins !!! 2 shots !!! life is what it is

[@markusmolnar8701]

Low key Rashad been cooking Gil’s ass on all these hot topics 🔥😂

[@BroCoolFire]

High key

[@klebeau4]

ALL OF EM

[@thegodinhere]

🎯

[@ggken779]

Every time 💯

[@HeartOTC]

HIGH KEY! Gil really believes himself on this take too. So sad…

[@Ayo_J]

McCants was definitely right about this debate….Gil kept talking about the guys he was around in the nba but where do he think they got the idea for the things they was buying….the dope boys and rappers and that’s a fact

[@MrJeddy41]

💯

[@realocwon3256]

Mccants said “645 drop top cranberry with the cream guts with spinners on it vrooooom 🤣 “ this man too funny and he COOKED gil on this debate lol

[@khalilarashid]

Cooked lol

[@Ripkb824]

He FRYED His az dis time like Gil should've got up and use the restroom lol smh

[@ciscomel3443]

Gil tried to make it seem like had a better car, but car heads know the 745 isn't technically "better" than the 645. Back then the 645 was the sports 2 door version of the 745 and it was more rare.

[@Kyrietothelakers]

You can tell Rashad grew up his whole life amongst the people in the inner cities . While Gil probably moved to the suburbs at a young age and is disconnected from the black experience in America .thats why he doesn’t understand mcants

[@kevinhorton7732]

Mccants doesn’t know any black people either

[@TTJJCC]

Naw, he just dance to the beat of his own drum. You can find that in the hood or the burbs.

[@Dshipp25]

Bro Thank you G I've been sayin this it's so obvious! We seen this movie before im not sayin it's a problem but we seen the black dude who grew up in the suburbs playing sports around white kids an parents who probably treated him good so he forget the most common black experience/feeling

[@g5jonez]

Naw Gil just ain't about to lose a argument on his show

[@skillz78]

Word. Gilbert is what we call a “Herb” 😂 Heck I question who dresses him on the show. Mccants is spot on. Gilbert says “Wade saw Shaq do it”. Shaq got it from…rappers. Sebastian rocking furs came from rappers.

[@Kjherr24]

Allen Iverson and Mike Vick is prime examples of Rashad points he’s just right

[@Kikibrat2]

God, I wanted a Mike Vick jersey SOO BAD when I was a kid. Idgaf that I'm a female, he was a bad motherf*cker and I wanted what he had. I got the jersey for xmas and I was soooo happy. 🥲

[@daveyfriday810]

McCants normally got a head ass basketball take, but he dead fucking right today.

[@marleysan757]

Exactly gil just love arguing bout nothing lol

[@BroCoolFire]

Na he be having good takes y'all just like to hate instead of actually listening

[@LOWKEYGOTGAME]

@@BroCoolFireyou ain’t lying. Not all, but a lot of times Mccants be speaking facts

[@wowie3000]

@@LOWKEYGOTGAMEmost times he’s wrong lmao but sometimes like today he’s right

[@rayshaunedwards6572]

He is wrong. In the era the rappers were following the streets. So even without rap they would have been doing the same thing. Rappers were considered corny. Today the athletes ain’t following the rappers they on different timing my g.

[@boycan8319]

McCants actually the old soul in this group. He got mature points in arguments. Perspective matters too. I understand Shad.

[@Ejr82u]

ya gilbert is still immature in ways and i dunno he trys to like be to smart at times

[@roderickglasper2744]

Gill just disagrees just to be disagreeing.

[@NajiiSpeaks]

Exactly! And on top of that he is a terrible devils advocate lol. McCants cooked em #Hibachi style

[@jazz93]

all the time

[@Kailua3000]

Right? In 2005, David Stern enacted a league-wide dress code that prohibited non-approved jerseys (like the super baggy jerseys Dipset wore), Chains, pendants, or medallions (like most rappers wore), and indoor sunglasses (ditto) amongst other items. Gil was in the league at the time. He really gonna act like there was no crossover influence?

[@TEAMALLDAYFRESH]

Superfacts. Gil better never allow live commentary. Hes too hypocritical

[@dondukkez6132]

What really gets me is that Gil caps 🧢 like he never did anything ever smh .. he brought a whole strap to the arena .. he ain’t get that from teammates 🤣😂

[@ThurstMETV]

😂

[@HeartOTC]

Facts. Nigga definitely heard some Youngboy before Youngboy and brought that piss stew

[@deon3133]

That don’t mean he got it from rap 😂😂😂😂😂

[@keenanmitchell3913]

😂😂😂😂

[@ricardonaturalmusic]

😂😂😂😂

[@RajaAdou]

Gil is tripping. Hip hop is EXTREMELY influential.

[@thefacelessquestion3333]

It unfortunately is, but I looked at the owners of record labels and the owners of those and they're mostly non blacks, so I asked myself;"is this really African American culture or is this what THEY think it is or want us to think it is."I'll vibe to a dope beat once in a while but buying excess drinks and pulling a gun on cops or all that crap on TV, it'll NEVER influence me to do that.

[@justthatguy1808]

@@thefacelessquestion3333 it is african american culture the whites just monetized it LOL. people dont listen to black music because of the fact white people own the record label . they listen to hear the black person singing the music. if u have a great idea that i cant do i am going to finesse you out of it by PAYING YOU to do what you do for me so i get rich and i give you the crumbs. if you were smart you would fund your own ideas and cut me out. now i gotta look at you angry because i cant get a slice of the pie. in closing whites see blacks do something that they cant and then they create the industry around what blacks do so that they can get rich. if blacks were smart basketball football boxing and black music would be black owned instead of ran by whites who are the minority...betting companies would have to pay blacks to bet on their sports and give them a cut.

[@HiQuis]

@@thefacelessquestion3333bruh, African American culture is more than music….

[@garygnu8775]

@@HiQuis It is but it sets trends a is used to manipulate.

[@shawnsteven1869]

life is lol. you don't have to listen to be inspire and if we look at it, if hip hop is full of samples are they conveying the message from the other person who had a hard life or harder.! some of the drugs the used in the 60/70 lol the 80s crack maybe but that Lean era different

[@markusmolnar8701]

Gil needs to look at some of the most influential stars of this generation they all have a heavy Hip Hop influence , Allen Iverson , LeBron James , Ja Morant, James Harden.

[@burningspliffs]

Mccants killed you this time Gil you looking crazy

[@sfrvnko7818]

Absolutely insane

[@hooligan5381]

nah Gil is speaking about being authentic if you looking at rapper tryna mimic their persona thats goofy and GREAT people don't do that their original so i understood everything Gil said

[@sfrvnko7818]

@@hooligan5381 nigga stop trying to be deep he said he got influenced by Richard Jefferson and trey Murphy lol shut up

[@garygnu8775]

@@hooligan5381 cap. The nigga next to you was influenced. It becomes all encompassing.

[@ProlificDreamer]

You right. Gil deserves Big Blue Cap for this one. Didn't he spend all his money before he was drafted? What teammates influence him to do that? He wasn't even in the league and he had to pay back his agent for the advance on Trucks. He was influenced by the culture

[@k-way8471]

Gil is bugging you tell he was privileged but this the same dude who said he spent his check on runs and chains when he first go in the nba

[@him37404]

Definitely wasn’t privileged,,maybe u should go read up on him

[@k-way8471]

@@him37404 lmao Gil said he was upper middle class you made need to do your research

[@Kikibrat2]

I disagree with Gil 100%, but even when i was younger and poor, my mother made sure we didn't even get involved in that kind of stuff. She wanted us to look up to more important people, so if Gil's parents are like that, maybe that's why he thinks hip hop isn't influential. Maybe he was sheltered in a way.

[@CooleyMe]

Gil playing semantics - he know wtf Rashad mean. He do this a lot to make him seem like he don’t know wtf he talking about

[@Kjherr24]

I hate when he do that too

[@DreAndre1990]

Facts

[@CutTheDeckTV]

@@Kjherr24they all do

[@jasonr.9863]

I feel like I’m watching JBP

[@henrymoore748]

I hate it when he does that... its so disingiuous

[@williamphillips3035]

This is why Kenyon and Gil had that heated conversation last week because he couldn't see past his nose and made 💩 anecdotal.

[@thefacelessquestion3333]

What conversation is that, I'd love to see it myself...😊

[@GoldRosebush]

What convo? I want to hear Kenyon opinion on this

[@williamphillips3035]

@@thefacelessquestion3333 they were having a conversation about Kyrie playing for Team USA and why he would and wouldn't make the team. Kenyon is already intense, he got more intense...🤣😂

[@khalilarashid]

Yup that Kyrie (USA) convo went the same way and Gil could not understand or chose not to see what Kenyon was saying. Kenyon was very clear, so clear that a fool could understand. I think Gil is just so good at playing the Bad Cop sometimes. It definitely works for show no matter how off he sound sometime (Sometime)

[@AndreTheGiant85]

It looked like Kenyon was about to slap the shit out of Gil. 😂😂😂​@williamphillips3035

[@jayton47]

McCants was on point . Most ppl are followers/influenced easily.

[@fadercreek]

yup

[@adgee5401]

That’s why most people only view the world in this country in terms of D or R.

[@shawnsteven1869]

lol my co worker gambled, I tired lol won't be doing it like that, anything can influence u depending on the mind, we all have drama, trauma and subscribe to what fits

[@icebergslim7789]

Gil: “I had a 745” Gucci: “745 with the Gucci interior, I see a real nigga when I look in the mirror”

[@kig4794]

Classic.

[@icebergslim7789]

@@kig4794 yea ion kno wtf Gil talkin bout. Everybody learn how to stunt from rappers nd drug dealers that’s damn near a fact

[@kig4794]

@@icebergslim7789 nah fr Gill believes everyone lives like him… guarantee them other players he’s dick riding got a lot of their swag from rappers

[@him37404]

I know the whitest of white dudes who own 745s too tho

[@icebergslim7789]

@@him37404 yea but we not talking bout them tho I bet if u gave a white dude some grills nd a Rollie he would know exactly how pose with that shit on

[@Unc_Talks]

Gil sittin up there with a polo and khakis on, ankles out.. telling McCants about black culture.. LOLLLL

[@realocwon3256]

😂😂

[@torihandsome1075]

Please use this for a highlight tape for Rashad’s takes… PLEASE

[@CutTheDeckTV]

It took a while to see he’s the real star 😂

[@MistaKennyEarl]

I understand Rashads point this time for a change 😂

[@kellytheman20]

COMPLETELY!

[@dtg0342]

Facts

[@skillz78]

Gilbert just an uncool dude.

[@playmaker2121]

I’ve always understood Mccants takes on every topic. It’s just that the media has forced certain things and players on the public and most tend to go with that oppose to having their on opinions on things. Mccants always made sense to me.

[@marcelofortesvarela]

Facts. Normally he's wrong.. but this time he totally righttt

[@willjamesjr]

Gil was raised in the Valley. A COMPLETELY different environment, culture & statistical odds of getting caught up in the game than the perspective that Rashad is wisely speaking about. Also... regardless of neighborhood, city,culture, etc. for Gil to act as if peer pressure isn't a real thing that influences damn near every kid growing up, is incredibly naive.

[@willjamesjr]

This is a link to Gil's interview with Vlad. At the 3:38 mark he literally talk so about how when he got his first bag, he got a suede top on his car because he saw Gary Payton do it and that he got a big chain "just like everybody else". So how can he claim today that he's not the type to get something just because other he saw other people with it, while also dismissing how kids in the hood can be influenced by the culture of the music and the streets around them? kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3S2YqyBhaZ4nbs

[@byronwilson8448]

Valley kids are the main ones “playing” gangsta rapper LMAO bringing guns to a NBA facility Gil been a goofy.

[@byronwilson8448]

Brandon Jennings was clearly influence by hip hop. The man rock a Gumby fade in the McDonald’s AA Game. He shouldn’t give no credence to what lame ass Gil

[@Bettarac]

Rashad got this one this time!!!

[@TheCoolguyhi]

Mccants been on fire look at Ja morant he’s a perfect example of being influenced on hip hop culture

[@youtellmelie]

Gilbert missin the message. McCant is right on point. He's speaking big picture. Gil caught up in the "specifics."

[@kwuest]

Gil being oblivious to the influence of hip hop culture on material goods is WILD... McCants caught a body on this one.. Gil had to make this entertaining but damn he never been so wrong.

[@TJAvant95]

When these 3 together…it’s BOUND to go crazy. 🔥🔥 Nobody there to be the calming person or enforcer 😂😂

[@kingkarrington007]

Mccants be having good points. People be hating to hate. You do realize its his opinion. Stop acting like someone else opinion kills yours! 😂

[@reefskiiii]

Gil not from that Rashad you can’t expect him to agree😭

[@doughboy0389]

Gil was raised by someone, who told him everything on tv is not real. I was raised that way. Music was my entertainment not my culture. My mother and father were my examples.

[@Chancemorgan44]

Yea Gil is off base on this one

[@Warden033]

It is well established that hip hop influenced nba culture, especially in the early 2000's.

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

thats when the nba was poppin

[@yugiisama]

Gil outta touch with the black community man… when he brought up that d wade & shaq’s point all i could think about was Shaq & Biggie hanging out and that’s 100% where shaq became influenced to ball out in the club.

[@travisdurham29]

AI was basically hip hop playing basketball. He was basketball with the hip hop swag

[@johndirtylue5034]

When I was younger I used to watch mtv cribs all day…and the times they did have a Shaq or a snoop dogg …I kinda used it as a little motivation to work hard me and my family

[@JudahTheantidote]

It’s Rashad’s Arena Today💯

[@Olecramyelir]

Gil stop demeaning Rashad’s opinion because you dont agree. He’s always acting like Rashad is speaking another language

[@CountryTortoise]

Gil said "i had the 745, step ya shit up" 😂 sir they're the same caliber of car, ones just w coup

[@Shot4ShotSports]

Gilbert is from the surburbs he don’t understand the teammates got it from the rappers

[@popcrnshower]

Gil took a gun to the lockeroom.. That's definitely some rapper shit

[@roy4406]

Facts 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@901yc]

lol Brandon playing both sides per usual 😭😂😂

[@Ripkb824]

Str8 lame fr

[@craigmack7448]

What the fuck is Gil talking about?….he knows what Rashad is saying

[@BDOG-mx4hv]

Remember Gil grew up on the VALLEY

[@BLGClipsx]

I’m from the Central Valley? What does that matter?

[@fetikalunga]

@@BLGClipsxIt means Gil was disconnected from black urban communities/African American culture where hip hop culture and drug dealers are considered people to look up to, because they had the money cars and girls.

[@BLGClipsx]

@@fetikalunga bro I’m from the Central Valley. How you been to Fresno, Merced, Modesto, and Stockton? Ain’t nothing sweet over here. There’s not a lot of black people but they are tons of Mexicans

[@fetikalunga]

@@BLGClipsx You’re proving my point. Y’all don’t know about inner city African American culture

[@BLGClipsx]

@@fetikalunga I highly doubt that but ok 😂. You saying the Central Valley doesn’t know about black culture is insanity

[@mouskiluv]

One of those rare episodes where McCants make perfect sense

[@theinformationcenter1248]

Right, Shaq was a rapper while playing basketball. Gil doesn’t like to admit he’s wrong. Shaq rapped course of the influence.

[@theinformationcenter1248]

Gil has a big head.

[@k-way8471]

Yeah that’s a fact Gil don’t like to admit when he’s wrong

[@xkx072671]

Even the GREAT KOBE BRYANT made a rap album, Gil. Hip-Hop influences the WORLD.

[@Unc_Talks]

McCants finally got one on 'ol Gil...

[@thetryer6858]

He been doing it all year

[@thegolden807]

@@thetryer6858facts

[@thakiid8568]

Finally? Gil is a goofy that'll do anything to be right he weird

[@Avenue77]

​@thakiid8568 He's a damn weirdo man...took them forever to post this L take of Gil

[@jbrown7]

Dope boys and rappers are the influence good or bad those are the facts 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@fadercreek]

yup

[@cortrellhonor8839]

If you grew up where we grew up. Gil not from those parts

[@IsmokeHiphopLive]

Rashad playing his role smartly 😂

[@MICjordanTPR]

I never thought I'd see the day when Rashad straight up owned Gil in an argument, but here we are. "And what was Shaq? _Shaq was a rapper._ " That's a mic drop moment right there

[@ashtonkusher433]

Gil from the burbs he don’t understand 😂

[@ggken779]

They gone end up kicking Rashad off the show 😂 bro too real

[@Avenue77]

I been saying that awhile back lol...cause Gil want you to side with him everytime (right)

[@tonyg1997]

Mccant well said

[@aithomas87]

“Damn, I swear sports and music are so synonymous/ Cause we want to be them, and they want to be us”

[@stickem2444]

“Gil why you gotta make everything about you” Mcants. 2 week ago “you never let anyone talk but you Gil, you make everything about you” Kmart! It’s not hard to see the type of person he is.

[@Go4Yourz]

love when says Gilbert lol

[@KDubb-ws9zc]

Gil is tripping. Iverson was every young kid who played ball hero and his style the cornrows, tats, baggy clothes and Diamond earrings was a based off of hip hop culture

[@stevenmoore3381]

McCants was throwing up the roc that whole 05 championship run

[@realtalkfbs]

I love when they call him Gilbert when he on one 😂😂😂😂

[@BLGClipsx]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thegodinhere]

Cant believe gil wud even argue this..its like arguing if the sky was blue

[@waynee.calderon6976]

Gil talking about what you actually did versus influence ; the argument doesnt lineup

[@gualacheesesteak]

I don’t like how Rashad been having the best takes lately 😂

[@mellowglocks]

damn bro hatin😭

[@901yc]

McCants right Gil reached new level of troll 😭😂😂😂😭😂😂😂

[@maynetayn]

Aye GILBERT “745 with no license to drive, I ain’t even got a home I’ll just live in my ride” ~ Jay-Z

[@sportstalkwithzo3707]

Did anyone realize McCants shirt reads "These Hoes Bee Lion" 😂

[@Daffy_C]

McCants been on his shit lately as much as we critique him we gotta give him props

[@boogstaylifted4579]

First time i agreed with Mccants 😂

[@DreEls]

Hip hop is not just music, it is a culture. NBA players fall into that culture too. Young men obtaining a lot of money at a young age and then coming from the areas. That’s not a rapper influence, that’s just life. This is an old regurgitated argument since rap’s inception. The music is a reflection of society.

[@kamasalothi1040]

Growing up in Africa, I dressed up hip hop, baggy pants, nice shoes, the walk etc. Music had more influence than sports, we saw athletes on the court and arenas, we did not see uniforms as fashion.

[@brandonmaryland]

1:51 Ninja said master p and the gold ceilings. Rashad said yup cash money bling bling😂

[@almightyjames2x910]

All Rashad saying is ball players wanna be rappers and rappers wanna be ball players

[@KickinItWitKjTv]

Rashad’s perspective is on point. I totally understand where he’s coming from and going with his point of view.

[@getlivero]

Rashad was absolutely right this time. Gil just be talkin sometimes

[@Avenue77]

Yall finally post this wild take Gil had...Mc i was deadass agreeing with you the whole time

[@donhudson6251]

Gill said he went and got tvs in all the headrests in his car i wonder why 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mekhiah1987]

I’m with Rashad on this one. The players now buying big chains and custom cars, even players talked about A.I being the one to bring hip-hop and them always wanting to do it too

[@acorpuscallosum6947]

AI was a player tho so that would be supporting Gil's contention

[@mekhiah1987]

@@acorpuscallosum6947 ahh yeah you’re right, I think both are right because I still see where Rashad is coming from. That’s what I was meaning with the A.I thing like, he wanted to dress and act like a rapper and did

[@acorpuscallosum6947]

@@mekhiah1987 yeah I see where you're coming from

[@markusmolnar8701]

Can someone ask Gilbert what influenced him to bring guns to the locker room and pretend he was going to do something with them? Yeah probably wasn’t rap culture 😂

[@farrellcityking1]

😐 Rappers are the on,h people with guns? WTF are you talking about?

[@yannickkazadi989]

They’re both actually right and talking about two different things. When you finally get the bag, you do want to buy the things from what you saw when you were little. Also when you get to that level of wealth and you have others who are in the same levels that been there (key point) you do learn from them on how wealthy people spend money.

[@MrUnshakeable]

“WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GILBERT?” 😂

[@MrSwaggerking13]

Social Media and hip hop have a HUGE influence on sports and culture

[@DC4L1991]

Rashad was right…Gil disagreeing just to do it.

[@jusskb5]

One thing i learned about Gil is he'll make a point based upon his own point of view instead of general context. Just like his argument with Kenyon and the Kyrie Irving Olympics thing.

[@1ZettaRose]

@GilsArena0 Gil my guy you sounded 1000% lame & made no sense this entire conversation wtf are you even talkin about

[@GodSon91]

I got Rashad on this one I agree with Rashad hip hop influence a lot of us 🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@dwaynelondon6349]

Wait.....didn't LeBron have a humve in high school....?

[@k-way8471]

That’s a fact and the chains

[@him37404]

Nigga also 6’9” it’s kinda essential, don’t hate

[@williamburrell1320]

Man Gil got us agreeing with McCants!😂😂😂Hell freezing over😂

[@burningspliffs]

Gil is too valley to understand hip-hop 😂

[@prospect4954]

This is a segment I can relate to from the movie baby boy when Melvin was schooling Jody and P about “Guns & Butter”…

[@jaimealcazar8849]

Rare rashad W

[@matthewhuston3487]

I still tell myself every year that once i get me some money imma get that canada gopse coat i wanted back in 2013.

[@NebraskaPoliceDepartment]

Nba Youngboy Influenced Ja Morant 😂😂😂

[@sirsmooth7]

Gil got his Valley, Cali outfit on. All white longsleeve polo no socks white low tops white khakis.

[@menelikjegna]

Brandon Jennings is a homie fr.

[@Ripkb824]

He's a both sides nigga #Simple 👎🏾

[@FlyOrDie90]

Great segment

[@speedygemini385]

9:57 "Imma kick this dude off my show" 🤣

[@kinggee5605]

Gil is funny ASF‼️ 😂😂 “Who TF wore a Gucci suit with the gator boots” smh And when McCants did the Big Pimpin with the beat sound effects I was weak but he killed it 😂

[@necrophagiakc]

I've been watching basketball since I was 10(1980) the most influential player I've seen was Allen Iverson he started the tattoo sleeves baggy clothes and Timbs and excessive jewelry at the time before him players dressed casual even Shaq, Shaq was influential for athlete's to rap but overall image how you're seen walking into the arena and in your personal life it was Iverson and in recent years Dwayne Wade and Russell Westbrook are the one who started the "sus" outfits high water pants TIGHT no socks..

[@kaordon504]

Rashad glossed over spinners but that right there kills Gils argument. Nobody had them until the song came out

[@clarencesmith467]

Man Rashad just had his best video of the year 🤣🤣

[@robertvarner2507]

That's dope what McCants said! Facts!