{"id":804251,"date":"2020-02-17T03:20:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T10:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=953823"},"modified":"2020-02-17T03:20:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T10:20:57","slug":"watch-dr-dre-jennifer-hudson-chance-the-rapper-pay-tribute-to-kobe-bryant-at-nba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-dr-dre-jennifer-hudson-chance-the-rapper-pay-tribute-to-kobe-bryant-at-nba-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dr. Dre, Jennifer Hudson, Chance the Rapper Pay Tribute to Kobe Bryant at NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1206749723.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dr-dre\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dr-dre\" data-tag=\"dr-dre\">Dr. Dre<\/a> paid tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kobe-bryant\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kobe-bryant\" data-tag=\"kobe-bryant\">Kobe Bryant<\/a> during the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nba\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nba\" data-tag=\"nba\">NBA<\/a> All-Star game with a short segment that reflected on the player\u2019s storied career. The clip features many of Bryant\u2019s on-court successes, with the rapper remixing them together into a dynamic, memorable memorial.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which clocks in at a little over two minutes, includes many of Bryant\u2019s notable moments, from his start as an 18-year-old player to father of an up-and-coming basketball star in his daughter Gianna. The remix includes samples of \u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d and \u201cCalifornia Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The All-Star game, held in Chicago, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jennifer-hudson-kobe-bryant-tribute-nba-all-star-game-952124\/\">featured a tribute<\/a> to Bryant, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-dead-obit-943243\/\">died last month<\/a> in a helicopter crash, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jennifer-hudson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jennifer-hudson\" data-tag=\"jennifer-hudson\">Jennifer Hudson<\/a>. Hudson opened the evening with a performance of \u201cAll We Know (We May Meet Again)\u201d while images of Bryant and Gianna played on the screen behind her.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GMW8FVF0SmU?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/common\/\" id=\"auto-tag_common\" data-tag=\"common\">Common<\/a>\u2019s spoken-word performance followed Hudson\u2019s and included a freestyle about Bryant\u2019s talents later in the game. \u201cHe used his game to touch the world\u2019s soul,\u201d Common intoned. \u201cA king named Kobe Bryant who wore purple and gold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98ThIVFHyL4?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chance the Rapper used his half-time performance to honor Bryant and his daughter, as well. During his set, Chance was joined by Lil Wayne for \u201cNo Problem\u201d and Quavo&nbsp;and&nbsp;DJ Khaled for \u201cI\u2019m the One.\u201d He also performed a cover of Kanye West\u2019s \u201cUltralight Beam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3RSg3K4h00o?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/kobe-bryant-public-memorial-staples-center-949102\/\">public memorial<\/a> for Bryant, Gianna and the seven other victims of the January 26th helicopter crash will take place at Los Angeles\u2019 Staples Center, \u201cthe House That Kobe Built,\u201d on February 24th. The&nbsp;<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-02-06\/kobe-bryant-public-memorial-set-for-feb-24-at-staples-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;that the date of the public memorial combines the jersey numbers worn by Gianna (2) and Kobe (24).<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dr-dre-jennifer-hudson-kobe-bryant-nba-all-star-953823\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Dre paid tribute to Kobe Bryant during the 2020 NBA All-Star game with a short segment that reflected on the player\u2019s storied career. The clip features many of Bryant\u2019s on-court successes, with the rapper remixing them together into a dynamic, memorable memorial. The video, which clocks in at a little over two minutes, includes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-22 12:48:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}