The beef between Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard is far from over. Just a few days ago, Big Aristotle took a shot at D12 for having fewer championship titles than he does. He has done that before. His initial argument was his belief that Howard tried to steal his Superman nickname. It has already been over a decade, and yet again, we see D12 defending himself with an even more convincing fact.

For all these years, Howard has often clarified that his nickname is Deebo. He mentioned how the fans named him Superman. Both, selected as the Orlando Magic’s No. 1 picks, had a lot in common despite being from different eras. During the latest segment of Above The Rim, Dwight Howard declared he doesn’t understand why Shaquille O’Neal is livid about it. He could understand if Soulja Boy had an issue because Howard claimed he got the name from Soulja Boy’s song Crank That.

“He did Soulja Boy and he just he animated all the stuff he be doing and saying like half the time you don’t know if he for real or not… I love Soulja Boy that’s where Superman came from. If anybody wants to get mad about Superman, it should be Soulja Boy. Remember, I used to do Soulja Boy every damn practice! All I played was a Superman song. All I did was “you” every damn practice,” he said.

Dwight Howard was obsessed with this song and often danced to it. So, he believes that’s how he got the name. “My Superman nickname, that came from Soulja Boy, I used to like do the dance and so I think the confusion is he thought that I was trying to take his nickname and be like him and stuff like that,” he said on ‘Cold as Balls.’

In a different interview, he reiterated the same, saying he didn’t steal anything from Shaq, as the only party with rights over Superman is Warner Bros. Discovery.

“Why do I have to ask him, not Warner Brothers? Warner Brothers, they own the f*****g rights to d**n Superman,” Howard earlier said on his own podcast. While Howard has continued to defend his side, O’Neal recently bought a lavish diamond chain to double down on his claims.

Shaquille O’Neal bought a massive S shield diamond pendant 

Neal’s son Shareef shared the post on his IG story. It was a glimpse of the collection that O’Neal bought. In collaboration with Solomon & Co. and AK Designer, a chain was crafted with a big Superman S Shield encrusted with shiny gems, most likely diamonds. He also bought a DJ ring and another chain whose pendant had the word DIESEL written on it. The Los Angeles Lakers legend even has the Superman symbol tattooed on his biceps.

We often see him wearing T-shirts with the Superman symbol on the chest. So, not so surprisingly, he takes equal effort to dismiss Howard’s opinion and take fiery shots. The champ once took to social media to claim Howard shouldn’t call himself Superman with just one title in his resume. “U can’t call yourself me and have one ring that u was a role player in getting. It’s only one baby. And I said it,” O’Neal wrote.

Howard quickly hit back, saying he never nicknamed himself that, and even went on to call his actions petty. “Shaq, I never called myself you! This is petty. My nickname is DEEBO! Other people called me Superman & we could’ve talked out whatever issue there was but you got me blocked. But It’s all love Shaq 100 Keep being a legend!” 

Just a few days ago, O’Neal shared his plans to have a boxing bout featuring NBA vs. NFL. This was after Jake Paul’s bout inspired him against Mike Tyson. Soon, Howard expressed his wish to battle against Howard. But the 4x NBA champ quickly reminded us that Howard needs three more NBA championship titles to fight against him. The feuding doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.