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10 African-American Athletes Who Appeared In Music Videos

10 African-American Athletes Who Appeared In Music Videos

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Some musicians measure their success by money, cars or the number of VIP club lists they are on. We think the truly successful ones are the ones who persuaded professional athletes to come hang on the set of their music videos. Here are 10 African-American athletes who appeared in music videos.

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Ron Artest

Ron Artest and rapper Nas grew up in the same neighborhood in New York, and Nas had the famous NBA player in his video “Nas is Like” before he was even in the NBA. Little did Nas know how much more popular that appearance would make his video! Source: YouTube.com

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J.R. Smith

J.R. Smith represents the Knicks when he holds up his New York diamond necklace in Young Money’s video “BedRock”— well, a really attractive woman holds it up for him. What else would you expect from a hip hop video? Source: YouTube.com

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Stephon Marbury and Kenny Anderson

In his video for “Whatcha Gon Do?” Big Pun raps on the bleachers of a basketball court while NBA stars Marbury and Anderson shoot hoops. That’s much better than lugging along a boom box if you ask us! Source: YouTube.com

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Magic Johnson

Johnson appeared in Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” video, not as a basketball player but as an Egyptian guard. Jackson even gave Johnson a few lines at the beginning of the song. Source: YouTube.com

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Mike Tyson and Shaquille O’Neal

Diddy featured several famous faces in his “Bad Boy for Life” video including Tyson and O’Neal, and a few actors like Ben Stiller. Source: YouTube.com

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Michael Jordan

Michael Jackson’s “Jam” video was released during the height of both Jordan’s and Jackson’s careers, so it was a huge hit. And it was fun seeing the superstars stand off against each other on a court. Source: YouTube.com

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Isiah Thomas, Kirby Puckett and Deion Sanders

M.C. Hammer was one of the largest patrons of athletes in his music videos (not that they needed the work) having featured Isiah Thomas, Kirby Puckett and Deion Sanders in his video for “2 Legit 2 Quit.” Source: YouTube.com

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Barry Bonds

The famous Major League Baseball player swung one of his famous “big poppers” on David Banner’s “Get Like Me” video. Apparently, Barry Bonds came directly from the field to the set of this video, so he must have been eager to get his cameo! Source: YouTube.com

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LeBron James

Since Jay Z shows up at LeBron James’ place of work any time he plays a game in New York City, it’s only fair James came to work with Jay Z! The rapper had the NBA player appear in his video “D.O.A.” Source: YouTube.com

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Richard Sherman

American football cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, Richard Sherman had the Stanford University campus in a frenzy when he appeared in “N-E-R-D-S,” a comedic music video shot by Stanford athletes. Sherman danced with students wearing his thick-framed schoolboy glasses. Source: YouTube.com