Rapper Mike Smiff was in New York on Thursday when he heard the news: Dwyane Wade was coming back to Miami.
Wrapped up in excitement about Wade’s return, Smiff knew he had to so something to commemorate the news. So he decided to do what he does best.
“I need to make a song about this,” Smiff told himself, “a dedication to Wade.”
That song — a one-minute, 53-second freestyle called “Welcome Back D Wade” — came out on Tuesday. The accompanying video has Smiff, a 27-year-old Miami native and part of the South Florida-based Slip N Slide Records label, rapping outside AmericanAirlines Arena and contains highlights of Wade’s time in Miami — both on the court and in the community — sprinkled throughout.