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Add Kendrick Lamar to the list of people paying tribute to Kobe Bryant ahead of the Lakers legend’s final NBA game.
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Add Kendrick Lamar to the list of people paying tribute to Kobe Bryant ahead of the Lakers legend’s final NBA game.

Several of Kobe’s fellow Nike athletes offered their thoughts on Bryant in a video released this weekend. 

Lamar, a Grammy Award-winning rapper from Compton, Calif., teamed up with ESPN’s Scoop Jackson for a video tribute to Kobe, with Lamar reciting a poem over a montage of Bryant’s best moments. 

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Bryant’s final game is Wednesday at home against the Jazz. 

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