Elvis took "Hound Dog" from Big Mama Thornton. Sang it bar for bar. Got bigger than her. Richer than her. Never paid her a dime in publishing. Chuck Berry invented rock and roll and watched white artists copy his entire sound, his moves, his energy — and build empires off it.
I won't let people rewrite history about Kobe.
When LeBron and Kobe had equal teammates, Kobe stepped up and led his team to a win. LeBron shrunk, switched off Kobe, asked Prince to guard him on the last shot, then proceeded to not even hit the rim on his final shot.
Kobe was being instantly doubled in a game with the best players in the world- only Kobe was getting instant doubles.
Let that sink in.
Mamba was one of one. That's why Coach K recruited him- Bron wasn't good enough to lead Team USA to gold. They had to go get Kobe to do that. 👊