To some, it's just noise. To others, it's more of "that rap nonsense." Some remember it as that song they really liked in high school (/raises hand). But anytime J.D. Martinez steps up to the plate at Comerica Park these days, he is greeted by that unmistakable baritone.
"Everyday I'm hustlin' hustlin' hustle-hustlin' hustlin'..."
Walk-up music holds an interesting (and potentially controversial) place in baseball. A relatively new phenomenon now that stadiums have gotten away from the live organ music of yesteryear, athletes can pick their favorite 15 seconds of their favorite song to give them one last boost of adrenaline before stepping up to the plate.