Despite Michael Jackson’s Rejection, Pharrell Williams and $250 Million Rich Star’s 21YO Breakthrough Gets Platinum Artist Shaquille O’Neal’s Stamp of Approval

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal‘s admiration for Hip Hop is well-known to the world. The 51-year-old had a successful time as a rapper in the 90s and released 4 studio albums. One of them was even certified platinum by the RIAA. Moreover, ever since his retirement, O’Neal tends to showcase the music industry by sharing clips of memorable moments on social media. One such moment, of 13x Grammy Award winner Pharrell and a 42-year-old star, Shaq shared with his fans recently.

Let’s dive deeper into the video of two greats of their industry cooking up something special.

The creation of a masterpiece

The reel posted on Shaq’s Instagram story is a clip of Pharrell and Justin Timberlake creating the super hit song ‘Rock your body ‘. The song was rejected by music icon Michael Jackson along with several other tracks. However, this turned out to be a blessing for Timberlake. These tracks became a part of his first studio album, ‘Justified‘.

The video shared by Shaq features Pharrell and JT figuring out the hook for the song. It is captioned, “They knew they had a hit cooking.” Shaq has precious moments with JT and Pharrell. One such hilarious moment was when Google glitched and added Shaq as the fifth member of the NSYNC.

Timberlake responded to it with a sweet gesture of a poster on Twitter NSHAQ. Shaq commented on the post to turn him down as “Handsome Bariton“. The internet was relishing this exchange.

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Another incident was when they met for a comedy show and Justin Timberlake sat up on the couch just to make sure he was taller than the 4x NBA champion. The big man has had similar memorable moments with Pharrell as well.

Shaquille O’Neal asked Pharrell to be put on the 2K soundtrack

A few years ago, Shaq released a video asking the ‘Get Lucky‘ fame to select him for the soundtrack of NBA 2K15. Yeah! You heard that right. Shaq did that. In the video petition, he said, “Yo, Pharrell, this is Shaq. Put me on the 2K15 track. I won’t let you down, that’s just dumb. Me and you both went platinum.”

While O’Neal doesn’t rap as often these days, he has continued his association with the music industry. Shaq is an electronic music producer who tours the world as DJ “Diesel“. The 15x NBA All-Star recently performed at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago along with his son, Myles.

Shaquille O’Neal is a beloved figure worldwide. Despite retiring from the NBA more than a decade ago, he has managed to remain in the spotlight and build a great business portfolio. What are your thoughts on Shaq sharing the clip of Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams? Let us know in the comments.