{"id":804231,"date":"2020-02-16T07:35:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=953745"},"modified":"2020-02-16T07:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:35:06","slug":"see-dame-d-o-l-l-a-perform-with-lil-wayne-jeremih-at-nba-all-star-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/see-dame-d-o-l-l-a-perform-with-lil-wayne-jeremih-at-nba-all-star-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"See Dame D.O.L.L.A. Perform With Lil Wayne, Jeremih at NBA All-Star Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dame D.O.L.L.A., the hip-hop alter ego of basketball star Damian Lillard<\/a>, performed alongside Lil Wayne<\/a> and Jeremih<\/a> during the NBA All-Star Weekend\u2019s Saturday night festivities at Chicago\u2019s United Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduced by Common \u2014 \u201cThis guy is nice on the mic and I\u2019m proud to present not only an NBA All-Star, this is an artist,\u201d he said of Lillard \u2014 Dame D.O.L.L.A. delivered at a two-track medley on the court, first with his 2019 cut \u201cMoneyball\u201d with Jeremih.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lil Wayne next appeared to hop on \u201cRun It Up,\u201d a collaborative track off Dame\u2019s 2017 LP Confirmed<\/em>. The performance marked the first time Dame and Lil Wayne appeared together onstage, as well as the first time an NBA player performed on the All-Star Weekend stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lillard was also set for Saturday night\u2019s 3-Point Contest and Sunday\u2019s All-Star Game before a last-minute injury insured only Dame D.O.L.L.A.\u2019s participation. Prior to the biggest gig of his (rap) career, Rolling Stone<\/em> talked to Lillard<\/a> about whether he was nervous about facing a packed arena as a performer as opposed to a basketball player.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t approach it the same way, but I think I\u2019ve performed enough now where there\u2019s no anxiety,\u201d Dame said, noting that he joined YBD Cordae onstage<\/span><\/a> when that rapper played Portland\u2019s Moda Center in 2019. \u201cThere was a big crowd in the arena and I felt fine. It was cool. I feel comfortable in my music so I don\u2019t even worry about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

During the performance, D.O.L.L.A. wore a jacket with \u201cMamba Forever\u201d emblazoned on the back, a tribute to Kobe Bryant. Queen Latifah also paid tribute to the Los Angeles Lakers great with a choir-assisted cover of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cLove\u2019s in Need of Love Today\u201d during All-Star Saturday night.<\/span><\/p>\n