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Shaquille O’Neal is undoubtedly a busy man. Yet, he somehow manages to allocate a lot of time to his social media page. The Los Angeles Lakers icon juggles multiple businesses at the same time, hosts Inside the NBA, and now, is also an Instagram influencer. Shaq’s updates on Instagram are quite unpredictable, leaving everyone with mixed emotions.

He does not cover a particular genre on his personal accounts. Rather, he is often seen sharing different matters of his liking. Well, one such is the latest post from Shaq, which has already made some noise on the internet. It looks like the 52-year-old has started a new trend that has grabbed enormous attention online. 

Shaq is a famous DJ. However, it looks like he is good at singing too. Or rather lip-syncing! The 4x champion shared a new post on his Instagram where he was lip-syncing to American singer Rihanna’s famous song, Diamonds. This song was from Rihanna’s well-known album, Unapologetic, which was released way back in 2012. This viral album got the Barbadian singer 2 American Music Award, Icon Award & Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist. Well, it’s viral once again now, because of Shaq.

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The Big Diesel could be seen divulging his expressive side, which is something that we don’t see often from the former NBA star. Fans loved this side of him, getting thoroughly astonished by the trend from the basketball icon.

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Shaq manages to get the attention of the netizens, but gets termed as an ‘Uncle’

Fans did not want to miss out on this opportunity to make a joke about the 2000 MVP. They decided to take a jab at his old age as they have started calling him an uncle now. Fans commented, “Shaq full unc now”, and, “Unc going through it”. While some believe that, many think he has been trying to find something new to keep himself entertained. They commented, “Shaq done ran out of side quests”, “Yall leave him alone he just bored again”, “done ran outta side missions”, and “Bro finished all the missions in his career.. now he just be playing free mode”. 

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On the other hand, a few sarcastically credited him for his amazing voice, although it was just a lip sync. A few comments read, “Wake up the new Shaq cover just dropped”, “Big man with the big voice”, “WAIT YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD VOICE”, “Shaq gotta voice tho”, and “THE PAIN IN HIS VOICE”. Although they are mocking him, it seemed like the lightheartedness of the video did not take time to reflect from the fans side as well.

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