NBA Playoffs 2022

P-Lo Parades With The NBA Champion Warriors In His Celebratory ‘One Thing’ Video

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The Bay Area takes care of their own, no doubt. It’s why Pinole-native P-Lo, the surging Filipino-American rapper, has been a fixture at Golden State Warriors, Oakland A’s and San Francisco 49ers games for years. At this past year’s NBA finals, he performed at halftime of the Warriors’ Game 1 against the Boston Celtics at the Chase Center in San Francisco. P-Lo embodies the Warriors’ “gold-blooded” ethos, so when the team took home the 2022 NBA championship, the rapper knew he had to scrap the footage for his soon-to-be-released “One Thing” video and re-cut it with footage of him celebrating with the fanbase and team at the Championship parade in Downtown San Francisco.

The clip opens with cuts from the original video of P-Lo sitting on a field goal post at the San Francico 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium. Words then flash on the screen saying, “So we shot this music video a few months ago… BUT then the Warriors won the NBA championship…” Steph Curry raises a trophy and the new cut of “One Thing” begins. P-Lo rides down Market St in a convertible Benz as part of the team’s parade caravan. He daps up fans, players, and then performs at the Parade Plaza in front of the Chase Center. He smiles through a shiny grill from ear-to-ear, rapping, “They wanna see me down, but I’m runnin’ commas up.” And it feels like nothing short of a triumphant moment for the rapper who ingrained himself into the Championship fanbase.

“One Thing” comes out in the lead up to P-Lo’s new album, Stunna, due out this summer. Watch the video above.

Jack Harlow Had A Perfect Response For The NBA Refs Who Didn’t Know Who He Was

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There’s little denying that Jack Harlow is a bonafide star now, but that doesn’t mean that everyone knows who he is. He’s got two No. 1 hit singles — Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” and his own “First Class” — and his breakout single “What’s Poppin” is practically ubiquitous at sporting events, but two NBA referees at last night’s playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks had a laugh at Harlow’s expense during a miked-up moment in which they admitted they had no clue who he is.

He was sitting courtside at the time, so he didn’t get to hear them in person, but once he got home and found out about the viral moment, he had the perfect response. Part of the reason he’s so popular is because of his “extremely online” personality and good-natured sense of humor. So, instead of being offended that a pair of 50-year-old NBA refs were unaware of his general existence — let alone how popular he is –, he referenced an amusing meme about himself.

“Clearly these mfs have never seen Narnia,” he joked. Of course, that’s a reference to a fan’s joking tweet pointing out Jack’s resemblance to actor James McAvoy, who played the faun Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It’s a funny moment that allowed him to have the last laugh, without taking himself too seriously.

Jack’s got plenty of reasons to feel good about himself though. In a short time, he’s gone from fanning out in Bryson Tiller’s DMs to having his fellow Louisvillian helping to promote his upcoming album, Come Home The Kids Miss You. Led by the singles “Nail Tech” and “First Class,” Harlow’s latest will drop this Friday, May 6 via Atlantic Records.

Refs Had No Clue Who Jack Harlow Was When He Sat Courtside At An NBA Playoff Game

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The Boston Celtics had a rough opening game in their second-round NBA Playoffs series against the Milwaukee Bucks, as they struggled and lost 101-89 on their home court at TD Garden, falling to 0-1 on the series. As for who took the biggest L of the night, though, it may not have even been Jayson Tatum and company, as Jack Harlow had a humbling (and pretty funny) moment while sitting courtside.

During a break in game action, in a mic’d-up moment between referees Scott Foster and Ed Malloy (who have reffed for 27 and 19 NBA seasons, respectively), Foster turns to Malloy and asks, “Who’s Jack Harlow?” After Foster repeats the question, Malloy answered, “I have no idea.” After Foster points him out, Malloy asks who he is and Foster responds, “I don’t know,” then adding with a smile, “Go ask him.”

While Harlow is of course one of today’s most popular rappers with a recent No. 1 single in “First Class,” it makes sense he might not be on the officials’ radar: Both men are in their 50s and the National Basketball Referees Association website lists Foster’s favorite musician as Darius Rucker and Malloy’s as U2.

Check out the moment above.

Jack Harlow is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.