{"id":738044,"date":"2017-09-08T16:09:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=738044"},"modified":"2017-09-08T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:09:37","slug":"lonzo-balls-debut-rap-single-is-here-so-check-out-melo-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/lonzo-balls-debut-rap-single-is-here-so-check-out-melo-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonzo Ball&#8217;s debut rap single is here, so check out &#8216;Melo 1&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop what you&#8217;re doing right now and check out the track you never know you needed in your life, but definitely do.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m kidding, but that&#8217;s what LaVar Ball would say if he were writing this post.)<\/p>\n<p>Lonzo Ball dropped his first single this week, and, spoiler alert, it&#8217;s mumble rap. So if that&#8217;s your thing, you&#8217;ll want to check out &#8220;Melo 1.&#8221; Obviously, the title is a reference to his brother, LaMelo. And his signature shoe is Melo Ball 1, so we know why he chose that particular name.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"(ZO) Lonzo Ball - Melo Ball 1 Ft. Kenneth Paige\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OdbMKQGPQ5U?start=61&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you like that type of music, maybe you enjoyed the track. 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