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“I Don’t Even Know Who He Is”: Boxing Legend Mike Tyson Embarasses Nle Choppa on His Podcast

Published 02/12/2023, 10:44 AM EST

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Mike Tyson’s talk show, Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson is one of the most popular talk shows in the boxing community. In his podcast, he brings talents from different fields including sports, music, and philosophy. This makes his podcast very insightful. His latest podcast guest was rapper NLE Choppa.

In a recent episode of Tyson’s talk show with NLE Choppa, ‘Iron Mike’ dived deep into spirituality and discussed the rapper’s musical journey.

However, one thing, that caught everyone’s attention is when he said that he does not know who NLE Choppa is. It made his co-host laugh.

Mike Tyson does not know NLE Choppa

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Bryson Lashun Potts, popularly known as Nle Choppa is one of the most popular American rappers from Memphis. He has many albums to his name. At 20, he is one of the youngest rappers trying to make a name for himself in the music industry.

However, ‘The Baddest Man on the planet’ shared some thoughts that could have hurt the rapper’s pride. At the start of the podcast, Tyson said, “I have my co-host bash and today we have we have such a big Superstar but I don’t even know who he is.”

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NLE Choppa replied, ” Alive in the flesh”. 

It seems like the guest didn’t mind Tyson not knowing who he was. He took Tyson’s comment in good spirit.

After that, the podcast turned to a different track when Tyson said, “Man, bless extreme where you from Memphis Tennessee. So I was reading your biography with all this smart come with your spirit.”

However, Choppa is not only famous for rap or music but his recent inclination towards spirituality has garnered a lot of attention from fans.

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NLE Choppa is on the path of spirituality

NLE Choppa recently turned everyone’s head when he decided to go on a spiritual path and look for inner peace. After his recent feud with another rapper NBA YoungBoy, he wanted to learn and heal from his personal lows.

For that reason, he chose a spiritual life and talked about it in the podcast.

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Soumyajit Karmakar

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Soumyajit is a boxing writer at EssentiallySports, an avid fan of combat sports. He completed his graduation in Biology and developed an interest in writing from the initial days. A tech enthusiast with interest in sports, music, finance, crypto, and stocks.
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Arijit Saha