Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Plans To Pursue Country Music Career After Basketball
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler already knows what he plans to do once his basketball career ends.
He wants to become a singer. A country music singer.
Butler had never hid his love for the likes of Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, George Strait and Garth Brooks. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, he said he is already "in the lab" working on his post-NBA career.
"I don’t want to tell anyone who I’ve been writing with because then it’ll ruin the surprise," Butler said. "Now, I’m in the lab writing and producing country music. We got some real artists and songwriters. We probably got around 45 tracks right now, and I hope to go write some more."
Butler often blasts country music in the locker room before and after games. He even has an extensive cowboy boot collection. So it's ready for the next phase of life.
"Maybe a week before training camp I’ll get down and do some," Butler said. "There’s definitely going to be an album. That’s the goal. I just don’t know when. The date I want to do it always gets pushed back because this other job that I have, playing basketball, kind of overshadows everything. [Laughs] And maybe some of the songs will be down the line for my second or third album. I can’t wait to get it to the people."
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