{"id":181394,"date":"2021-02-18T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/master-p-talks-to-jalen-rose-about-consistency-possibly-buying-reebok\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T05:00:04","slug":"master-p-talks-to-jalen-rose-about-consistency-possibly-buying-reebok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-p-talks-to-jalen-rose-about-consistency-possibly-buying-reebok\/","title":{"rendered":"#Master P talks to Jalen Rose about consistency, possibly buying Reebok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Master P talks to Jalen Rose about consistency, possibly buying Reebok<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week, I finally had my first former NBA player as a guest on \u201cRenaissance Man.\u201d Although you may know Percy Miller, aka Master P, more for his bars than his jump shot.<\/p>\n<p>In the late \u201990s, he signed contracts with the Charlotte Hornets and the Toronto Raptors, but he was also already an established r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er when those teams entered the league. His monster hit, \u201cMake Em Say Uhh!\u201d dropped in 1997, a year before he was picked up by the North Carolina team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my music got me out of the league,\u201d he told me, noting that back then, the NBA was \u201cstrictly basketball.\u201d He said in today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, \u201cI would be one of the top players in the NBA, the way I work [since] they are open to entertainment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Back then, Master P was only one of two ballers in the hip-hop game. The other\u2019s name was Shaquille O\u2019Neal, and he had a verse with Biggie. But Shaq was a generational talent on the court, so that gave him more leverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Charlotte with Bob Bass, that was the GM at the time, he told me, \u2018Man, you\u2019re one of the best players I\u2019ve ever seen, and you work hard. But when I listen to your music, your music is pure filth.\u2019 That got me out of the league. But they didn\u2019t have an open mind to it, and I can understand. I\u2019m in Charlotte, NC, which is a Bible Belt city. If I were in another city, [like] Portland, it probably woulda been all good. That motivated me. I kept moving and kept creating things.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ADL4201114144\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But let\u2019s be honest. He was never going to fit into a neat box. Instead, Master P checks all of them and adds more categories. He is like George Foreman, who has reinvented himself so many times, people forget he was a championship boxer. <\/p>\n<p>Master P defies any label. He is a music mogul, who mentored Snoop Dogg, turning him into entrepreneur. He is a movie producer, and also owns of lines of food products called Uncle P\u2019s and Rap Snacks. To me, he is the gazillionaire version of \u201cLootin\u2019 Lenny\u201d from \u201cGood Times,\u201d who was always opening up his fur coat and hawking products inside. This guy never stops selling.<\/p>\n<p>Now he is trying to buy Reebok with former NBA player Baron Davis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going after deals and bigger deals, and I wanted to show my culture that this is possible for us to do. OK, we\u2019re doing multibillion dollar deals \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how to make this cool. We know how to make the right products. We know how to tie the right athletes into this.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Master P Jalen Rose\" class=\"wp-image-17350304 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Master P seen in 2019. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for ESSENCE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the company has to agree to the deal, so we\u2019ll see what happens. But I had to ask, if they do get Reebok, who would be the first player he is going after for a shoe deal. He said Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs, whom he called a \u201csuperstar on and off the court.\u201d Master P knows Suggs is the real deal not only because he has a fantastic first name, but he knows him personally because he played AAU with Master P\u2019s 18-year-old son Hercy Miller.<\/p>\n<p>As if Master P doesn\u2019t already have tons going on, he has two sons, Hercy and Mercy, 15, who are college basketball prospects. Master P grew up in the projects in New Orleans, hungry for success. He learned to sink shots in the dark. His kids are growing up in a completely different manner, but he managed to instill his signature grit by telling them that they have to work extra hard because of their name. And just like their big brother Romeo, who played ball at USC and is also performer, they are carving out their own niche. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids dogs, and they kill on the court because I raised them with work ethic. People don\u2019t realize that consistency is the most important thing in life, if you want something \u2026 you want to be great at something, you got to put in the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told me Hercy has narrowed his search down to six schools, but if Master P had his way, his son would be committing to Vanderbilt because he likes coach Jerry Stackhouse, whom he thinks would be a tough but powerful influence on Hercy. \u201cBut that\u2019s going to be my son\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve known Master P for a long time. I was even in his \u201cI Miss My Homies\u201d video. I\u2019ve always admired that he isn\u2019t afraid to admit when he doesn\u2019t know something. While in the midst of this Reebok negotiation, he said he is trying to educate himself on financial markets, banking and initial public offerings. And he wants to put resources back into the black community. He is so devoted to his hometown, I wondered what he\u2019d name a Major League Baseball team if he could bring one to New Orleans. He\u2019d call them the \u201cRebels.\u201d He said his best pandemic purchase was a home gym and that \u201cMake Em Say Uhh!\u201d is his favorite song \u201cbecause it just don\u2019t go away.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Master P Jalen Rose\" class=\"wp-image-17350294 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/jalen-rose-master-p-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Master P performs last year. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During this episode, we covered so much that I forgot to bring up a debt that he owes me. Back in the day, there were a bunch of us ball players who would go to UCLA and play in the offseason. Guys like Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and even Magic Johnson would show up to play. One day, Master P and I got into a shooting contest, and the winner would take $20,000 off the loser. <\/p>\n<p>My scouting report is that Master P was a good combo guard. He could shoot the open shot, but I still won. And he never paid. He once told me he\u2019d compensate me in product, and now that I see all of the stuff he is selling, I\u2019m going to hit him up now. It\u2019s time to pay up, Master P!<\/p>\n<p><em>Detroit native Jalen Rose is a member of the University of Michigan\u2019s iconoclastic Fab Five, who shook up the college hoops world in the early \u201990s. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, before transitioning into a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> personality. Rose is currently an analyst for \u201cNBA Countdown\u201d and \u201cGet Up,\u201d and co-host of \u201cJalen &amp; Jacoby.\u201d He executive produced \u201cThe Fab Five\u201d for ESPN\u2019s \u201c30 for 30\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, is the author of the best-selling book \u201cGot To Give the People What They Want,\u201d a fashion tastemaker, and co-founded the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a public charter school in his hometown.<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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