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It’s safe to say Shaquille O’Neal is a social media influencer now! The Los Angeles Lakers legend’s tribute to his former teammate Kobe Bryant in a ‘Home Depot’ store went viral recently. Now, the 7’1 giant is back with another tribute to $25 million American rapper Machine Gun Kelly. More than a year after Big Diesel‘s blunder involving MGK and a young Miami Heat star, it looks like the 4-time NBA champion is trying to make it up to MGK now! 

The Lakers legend recreated one of his own songs yesterday that went viral on Instagram. This time it was one of MGK’s songs which Shaq remixed. With a guitar in his hands singing his heart out, you must not miss this version of the Big Aristotle!

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Shaquille O’Neal pays tribute to MGK, years after a blunder involving the 33-year-old rapper

Shaq has an immense love for music and especially rap. Early in his career, the Lakers legend learned and performed music as a side hustle, but came to a halt after he decided to commit to basketball fully. Now, it looks like Shaq wants to start his music career again. 

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Shaq revealed his affection for 33-year-old Machine Gun Kelly on Instagram. The Lakers legend shared in the captions, “My favorite rapper’s unofficial remix. Hope u like it… Love u, dude”. Yesterday Shaq recreated one of his own famous rap songs, ‘I Know I got it’. Well, this time, it was one of MGK’s. 

O’Neal started the song by saying, “MGK, you got this one for free.” However, amid this tribute, you must not miss out on Shaq’s hilarious blunder, where he mocked MGK. Considering this mistake from Big Diesel, this tribute might make it up to the $25 million rapper. 

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What blunder did Shaquille O’Neal do to mock Machine Gun Kelly?

On one of his podcast episodes, ‘The Big Podcast’, the 2000 MVP invited 23-year-old Miami Heat star Tyler Herro as a guest. Though Shaq had a great interview with the young shooter, he later revealed something which stunned many. 

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Shaq revealed when he first jumped on into the interview, he thought he was talking to MGK! Well, Herro and MGK have somewhat similar looks. However, this happened on his own podcast. You might think he was joking around, but it is Shaq, so you never know. 

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Nonetheless, the 51-year-old has now tried his best to remix one of MGK’s songs as a tribute to him. Hopefully, this helps the former Lakers star make up for his mistake! What are your thoughts on Shaq’s vocals? Share it with us in the comments below. 

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