Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant fans have a new challenge ahead to save their idol’s legacy. Importantly, the fans don’t seem to back down from their attempt to save it. Notably, Mamba’s wife Vanessa Bryant appealed to fans and circulated a petition to protect an iconic public site dedicated to her husband and daughter, Gigi. Following Vanessa, Shaquille O’Neal‘s 20-year-old son, Shaqir O’Neal also extended his hand to support the movement. 

Following the tragic passing of the 5x NBA Champion and his daughter in a copter crash, the NBA world has been doing everything possible to keep his legacy alive. Fans celebrate August 24th as Kobe Bryant Day and don iconic #24 jerseys to pay respects. Moreover, the Los Angeles citizens took it to another level with an iconic mural featuring the legend and his daughter. However, LA citizens have a monumental task ahead of them to save the symbol from trouble.

Shaq’s son chips in save Kobe Bryant and Gigi’s legacy

A few days back, Cecilia Moran, a gym owner from LA, took to her social media and raised her concern about the iconic mural. The art work features Kobe Bryant with angelic wings, donning the iconic #24 Lakers jersey and looking at his daughter Gigi. The artwork created by Louie Palsino has become a celebrated Mamba spot in LA. In the social media, Moran wrote, “With profound sadness, I must share that today, I received notice from my landlord that I must remove the Kobe and LA mural from our walls by September 30,” reported People. 

Following that, the news went viral and several Instagram users shared a link to file a petition to stop the removal. In response, Vanessa Bryant took her IG stories and wrote, “Please sign this petition to save this beautiful Kobe & Gianna mural. Thank you.” 

Moreover, Shaquille O’Neal’s son Shaqir O’Neal also shared the IG post on his stories and extended his support.

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Fans believe that Vanessa’s 15 million followers and Shaqir 800k followers could get the situation under control.

Why does the landlord want to remove the mural?

In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Moran revealed that the landlord wanted to use the wall for advertising. However, she argued that the visitors of the mural would also pull in a lot of visitors to the place. Even the artist, Louie Palsino said, “people come from all around the world to visit so it’s good for him, his property, every party in this,” in the LA Times interview.

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