There aren't a lot of things that can scare someone like Fat Joe. But unfortunately for him, Shaquille O'Neal (and his silhouette) is his kryptonite. In a recent sit down with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson in ‘All The Smoke‘, the 50-year-old rapper shared an incident back in 2008 when he literally thought The Big Diesel was about to end his life.
“I'm in Miami and I go to the studio. I walk in there one night and it's pitch black. I'm walking there and there's a shadow of a human being this big in the dark. And I said ‘Holy sh*t, they came to kill me.'” the rapper narrated (via SHOWTIME). “I turn on the light and it's Shaquille O'Neal. He said ‘they just traded me to the Phoenix, big fella. I wanted you to be the first to know.”
.@fatjoe’s life flashed before his eyes when he saw @SHAQ in the shadows 🤣#AllTheSmoke pic.twitter.com/kO7oyEMWsg
— SHOWTIME Basketball (@shobasketball) August 6, 2021
You can't really blame Fat Joe for feeling scared for his life. Shaq stands at seven feet tall and weighs around 300+ pounds. Seeing the three-time MVPs silhouette in the dark late in the evening would be hella scary. Good thing for Fat Joe, the only thing coming to an end that night was O'Neal's three-and-a-half season stint in South Beach.
After his fourth NBA title with the Heat in 2006 and being named an All-Star in his three seasons in Miami, Shaq was shipped out to the desert for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. He eventually made his debut for Phoenix in February 2008 and went on to finish the 07-08 as well as the 08-09 season with the Suns before eventually calling it a career in 2011.
Thankfully, no rappers were harmed that evening.
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