N.O.R.E. released a preview for the upcoming episode of his highly-popularized podcast, Drink Champs, and it appears that the friction between him and his special guest Lamar Odom almost led to the two fighting on set. Since Lamar Odom's departure from the NBA in 2012, the 6'10 forward has struggled immensely with addiction and sobriety for the past several years. Fortunately, in recent memory, the two-time NBA Champion has been focused on returning to the professional hardwood and created a solid foundation with his fiancee, Sabrina Parr. Unfortunately, it looks like Lamar Odom's old demons were reawakened during a recent taping of Drink Champs.
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In the thirty-second clip, Noreaga and Lamar Odom can be seen toasting before an intoxicated Odom says, "I feel disrespected," slightly slurring his words. In the next frame, a befuddled N.O.R.E. asks "how" while the former NBA Sixth Man of the Year urged the Lefrak rapper to end the conversation nonverbally. During the exchange, Odom's frustration grows which eventually leads to DJ EFN asking the production team to turn off all of the cameras. In the final frame, all three Drink Champs participants quickly rise to their feet before the clip comes to an end.
While this was most likely just a disagreement between two Queens brethren that needed to be handled off-camera, you can't help but wonder if things got physical between the parties involved. Somehow, with Odom's past struggles with addiction and sobriety, his cooperation on a show involving alcohol doesn't sit well with those who are avid supporters of the famed basketball player.
With Lamar Odom coping with the death of his brother, Kobe Bryant and still attempting to get his professional playing career off the ground, this might not have been the best public relations move for the former Los Angeles Laker.
As of right now, it is unclear whether or not the full episode of Drink Champs featuring Lamar Odom will be released in the near future but, check out the clip of N.O.R.E. and Lamar Odom's brief dispute in the video provided below.
Bizarre Recalls When Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, & Tony Yayo Stole His Groupies
It be your own crew.
Yesterday, D12 rapper and notorious lyricist Bizarre hit up REVOLT's Drink Champs for a darkly hilarious and informative talk with NORE and DJ EFN. While some of his wild stories were covered here, one of the biggest gems arose much later in the podcast. Anybody familiar with Biz understands his appreciation for some raunchy sexcapades. Luckily, his time spent on the road with Shady Records associates ensured that the groupies came in volume.
In order to maintain some semblance of a healthy touring dynamic, Bizarre and the crew devised a foolproof practice: homie court. "It started from Dre and his crew and got passed down to us," explains Bizarre. "Dre, Dogg Pound and Snoop. It's rules for the homies on the road. When it comes to females or whatever. We got charges. One charge can be 'harboring a known freak.' It's a freak who want to do everybody but you cuff her. We got one called 'eating roadkill.' Whoo Kid was like, a habitual offender of homie court period."
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"Basically, you gotta get a lawyer. They'll put a subpoena under the door of your hotel telling you what your charges are," he continues. "After you get summons you gotta find you a lawyer. Find a judge. Somebody like Paul or Dre would be the judge. We have this big-ass meeting, everybody gotta come to the lobby. They might even ask for a conference room in the hotel. If you lose you get like, for thirty days you gotta clean the bus."
Unfortunately, the dynamic went awry when G-Unit joined the tour. "When we started touring with G-Unit, I was warning everybody they outlaws. They don't listen to the rules. One of my homies had this chick and he said 'my chick is in the lobby.' I said 'yo you better go get her, those G-Unit n***as in the the lobby right now. 50 keep like thirty, forty entourage members around. I was like, 'you better get her!' So went down to the lobby and grabbed the chicks. Then we get on the elevator."
"Lloyd Banks, Buck, and somebody else was on the elevator," continues Bizzy. "The girls are in the middle of the elevator. We're in the front. We can't see what they're doing or nothing. So when the door opens for us to get off our floor, we get out and the chicks about to get out with us. Then I see Tony Yayo pushing the button. We go what!? And the door just closed." He mimes a diabolical wave and gleeful grin for emphasis. "They took our chicks man!" Is it surprising, however? On their classic crew album Beg For Mercy, G-Unit did drop off a song by the name of "Groupie Luv." Evidently, that old adage "write what you know" holds true once again.
Check out the full episode of Drink Champs right here.
Lil Wayne Will Be On The Next Episode Of "Drink Champs"
We can’t wait to see what Weezy & N.O.R.E. talked about.
Lil Wayne is always an interesting subject, whether he’s performing new unreleased music or promoting his new venture into the cannabis industry. That’s why it comes as pretty exciting news that Weezy will be the latest person to stop by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s wildly popular Drink Champs podcast.
Giving us orders to officially address Lil Wayne as “O.G. Wayne” from now on, the Drink Champs crew unveiled their special guest a little over an hour ago Instagram. Almost immediately, fans were begging for the DC team to drop the interview, or at the very least let the world know when we could expect to see it. As of now, all we have is the caption that reads “STAY TUNED” accompanied by a #comingsoon hashtag, but we’re sure the wait will without a doubt be worth the entertainment. If Curren$y’s classic tale about almost dying while drinking lean with Lil Tunechi during his own 2016 Drink Champs interview says anything about the stories that Weezy can tell, let’s just say be prepared for pretty much anything. Can’t wait!
New episodes of the Drink Champs podcast hosted by Noreaga & DJ EFN arrive on Fridays at 12AM ET, so expect Lil Wayne’s interview to arrive later this week.