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USA Today via Reuters

Carmelo Anthony shared some valuable advice with rap king Gillie Da Kid. During a recent episode of ‘7 pm in Brooklyn,’ the New York Knicks legend shared his opinion on Kid’s bold one-on-one challenge to Jamal Crawford. Melo, who is well aware of Crawford’s game, openly expressed his opinion that the rapper might have made a wrong decision. 

Speaking of Kid’s challenge, he said, “Gillie Da Kid challenged Jamal Crawford man on One-on-one. Gillie really think He f*****g nice. Listen man, f**k outta here… I done seen this man do professionals dirty.” Furthermore, musician Fat Joe also shares the same opinion as Carmelo Anthony.

Still, Gillie Da Kid is no stranger to basketball. He has previously defeated friends and rap stars like Russ and Chris Brown. His competitive spirit even led him as far as to challenge a face-off against Crawford. In an episode of ‘Million Dollaz Worth of Game’ featuring Cam’ron and Ma$e, Gillie Da Kid boldly asked Crawford for a one-on-one challenge. “I bet you Jamal Crawford will not accept this challenge one-on-one,” said Kid. 

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Despite Gillie’s past successes on such challenges, Carmelo Anthony cautioned the rapper about challenging someone of the caliber of Crawford. However, it seems too late for the rapper to back off now. The words have already reached the ears of the ex-Chicago Bulls player and he is ready to take on the challenge.

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Jamal Crawford accepted Gillie Da Kid’s challenge

Just recently, the rapper shared a clip of his basketball skills on Instagram and captioned it, “Same $* Ima Do to @jamalcrawford he if ever check it up.” Following that, Jamal Crawford, took to his X account to officially respond to the challenge thrown at him by Gillie Da Kid.

In a bold declaration, the 3x Sixth Man of the Year announced his acceptance of Kid’s challenge. “Aye @gilliedakid, they slipped you something real serious huh? I don’t bother nobody, now you want ‘Jamal Wick Crawford’ to play 1’s with?! This will be worst than what the Hitman did to Martin. It’s on,” wrote Crawford.

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The rapper’s co-host even urged Crawford not to pay much attention to Kid’s comment. Nevertheless, J Crossover had already made his response public on X, confirming his interest in the face-off. The anticipation is high as fans eagerly await the result of this face-off. What are your thoughts on this?  Let us know in the comments section below.

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