Shaquille O’Neal, Who Shut Down Oscars Slapgate With 4 Words, Swells With Pride Over Will Smith’s 10 Figure News

NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal is a man of many talents. Even after getting his name etched into the Basketball Hall Of Fame, he has continued to make his mark in the music industry and in the business world. Before turning into DJ Diesel, the 4x NBA champion was a rapper and even released 4 studio albums. The 51-year-old, who is quite active on social media, shared an intriguing list that displayed the highest-grossing Hollywood stars who were rappers in the past. One of the names on the list was Will Smith, who was called out by Shaq after his infamous Oscars incident in 2022.

O’Neal has a massive following of over 30 million people on Instagram and loves sharing information with his followers. This time he shared a post in which the Men In Black fame is amongst a unique bunch of people.

Shaquille O’Neal shares Will Smith’s achievement with 30 million followers

Shaquille O’Neal, who previously called out Will Smith for his behavior at the Oscars ceremony, shared the list which is spearheaded by the 54-year-old Oscar-winning actor. There were a bunch of big names on the list, but Smith beat out everyone for the top spot. The post was initially shared by Ludacris, who himself is a part of the list.

Will Smith sits on top of the list of highest-grossing rappers turned actors with a massive $9.5 billion to his name. He was followed by Mark Wahlberg, with $6.8 billion to his name. Ludacris sat in third place with $6.5 billion and Queen Latifah followed at $4.9 billion. The last name on the list was Donald Glover, a.k.a. Childish Gambino with $3.9 billion.

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Irrespective of the negative media attention that Smith got after the Oscars ceremony last year, one cannot deny his contribution to Hollywood over the years.

Many expressed their opinions on what happened with Smith and comedian Chris Rock last year. Shaquille O’Neal also gave his two cents on the matter.

Shaquille O’Neal on Oscars slap gate

Chris Rock made a mildly offensive joke at the expense of Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith during last year’s Oscars ceremony. Smith took it into his own hands to defend his wife’s honor and slapped the comedian for the same. That slap reverberated throughout the world and became an iconic moment that is still talked about today. Shaquille O’Neal had a rather interesting take on the matter.

Shaq said, “No no he laughed and then Jada did like this. That’s when the PPL kicks in. Because all you married guys know – Unhappy wife, unhappy life.”

O’Neal made it clear that Smith only got up to whack Chris Rock when he saw his wife Jada unhappy. Many argued that irrespective of whether Jada was unhappy with the joke or not, it didn’t warrant Chris Rock a slap. Nonetheless, O’Neal seems to have gotten over the incident as he shared Ludacris’ post.

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