Watch Damian Lillard's Debut Music Video

The politically charged "Bigger Than Us" premiered on TNT last night.

By Matthew Singer

Damian Lillard's side career as the best rapper in the NBA added another milestone last night, as his first-ever music video debuted on TNT last night, right before the marquee Golden State Warriors-Cleveland Cavaliers matchup slaughter. That it premiered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is not a coincidence: The song, titled "Bigger Than Us," addresses the current climate of racial strife in America with a hopeful tone, with the video alternating images from Ferguson and elsewhere (including the viral cop-hugging photo from Portland) with Lillard (a.k.a. Dame DOLLA) spitting in the studio. Not sure who this bootleg Austin Mahone singing the hook is, but I suppose that's beside the point.

You can also hear Dame talk a little about the song and video on the NBA A to Z podcast here:

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