Watch Damian Lillard Prove He's the Best Rapper in the NBA

By MATTHEW SINGER

As avid Blazers fans know, Damian Lillard likes to rap. 

That's not unique among NBA players, of course, but #0 takes it a step further. Ever since he came into the league, Lillard has helmed a weekly online rap battle, 4 Bar Friday, in which participants upload short verses to Instagram, with the winner chosen by the point guard himself. At last year's All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, he hosted a live version. This year, in New York, the two-time All-Star stopped by Sway in the Morning, the Sirius XM radio show hosted by the titular MTV personality, to spit a few bars (alongside, strangely enough, Heather B. of The Real World Season 1 fame).

And, despite looking a bit nervous, he crushed it.

"You're spitting better than these rappers, man," says a genuinely impressed Sway, turning to the in-studio camera to address the "professional" rappers in his audience. "He's doing it as a pastime, and he's beating you. Step your game up!"

You can check it out in the video below (Lillard comes in around 2:40), and see Lillard—along with the now-starting LaMarcus Aldridge—in the All-Star Game Sunday night. 

Your move, Lance Stephenson.

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