{"id":436674,"date":"2023-09-28T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=436674"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:47:19","slug":"damian-lillard-throws-shade-at-trail-blazers-by-releasing-a-rap-farewell-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/damian-lillard-throws-shade-at-trail-blazers-by-releasing-a-rap-farewell-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Damian Lillard Throws Shade At Trail Blazers By Releasing A Rap Farewell Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damian Lillard has finally left Portland after being dealt by the Trail Blazers to the Bucks in a blockbuster transaction on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Damian Lillard Throws Shade At Trail Blazers By Releasing A Rap Farewell Song<\/h2>\n<p>Following the agreement, Lillard released a quick message to his supporters, emphasizing that &#8220;casuals&#8221; were not included, before implying that something more was on the way in the midst of his departure.<\/p>\n<p>Lillard, also known as Dame D.O.L.L.A., took to X on Wednesday evening to debut his newest rap song, &#8220;Farewell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1707097530125758870<\/p>\n<p>In a number of the songs, he appears to be mocking the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n<p>During his 11-year tenure in Portland, Lillard, 33, established himself as one of the league&#8217;s most devoted players, and he now joins another devoted superstar in Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damian Lillard Dropping A Rap Song Saying &#39;I Could Never Be Replaced&#39; Right After Being Traded Is A Fucking Hilarious Move That Only He Could Pull Off <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MEq7Hx5CSF\">https:\/\/t.co\/MEq7Hx5CSF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2yephznwyw\">pic.twitter.com\/2yephznwyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1707421164178468893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lillard appears to take barbs at his previous team in the song&#8217;s last stanza, which spans just under three minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can never be replaced they\u2019ll know sooner than later. An arrow pointed at who assumed it was greater. Amazing what I get in return for this labor. I continue leaving trails but won\u2019t be for the Blazers,\u201d he rapped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damian Lillard dropped bars in his new song \u201cPaid In Full\u201d \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nXs8IEtsR1\">pic.twitter.com\/nXs8IEtsR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rap All-Stars \ud83c\udfc6 (@RapAllStars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapAllStars\/status\/1704883469694746810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the fans, man, I love you, it\u2019s unconditional. Reasons for me leaving the city is nothing typical. So it\u2019s imperative not to believe the narrative, just know that what I left is better than what I inherited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI leave at peace because I know in the end that this is business. Hope you remember all the things you got to sit and witness. In the future, man, I hope we meet with hugs and kisses. But you should know that they the ones that chose another mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the new track \u201cFarewell,\u201d Damian Lillard raps about his departure from the Portland Trail Blazers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dame_Lillard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dame_Lillard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z4eI1kFEJN\">pic.twitter.com\/z4eI1kFEJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexKennedyNBA\/status\/1707178417139917014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lillard certainly still loves Portland and the team&#8217;s supporters, but &#8220;Farewell&#8221; is his side of the tale, which blames the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"James Harden Escalates Beef With 76ers\u2019 Daryl Morey\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/james-harden-escalates-beef-with-76ers-daryl-morey\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">James Harden Escalates Beef With 76ers\u2019 Daryl Morey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damian Lillard has finally left Portland after being dealt by the Trail Blazers to the Bucks in a blockbuster transaction on Wednesday. Damian Lillard Throws Shade At Trail Blazers By Releasing A Rap Farewell Song Following the agreement, Lillard released a quick message to his supporters, emphasizing that &#8220;casuals&#8221; were not included, before implying that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":274755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,92],"tags":[342,16128,16127,16129,9201,2215],"class_list":["post-436674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-portland-trail-blazers","tag-damian-lillard","tag-damian-lillard-blazers","tag-damian-lillard-bucks","tag-damian-lillard-farewell-song","tag-damian-lillard-trade","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}