In October 1993, a few weeks before the start of his second season in the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal released a rap album titled “Shaq Diesel.” In his first season as the center for the Orlando Magic, O’Neal had won the “Rookie of the Year” award in a landslide and been named to the All-Star Team, the first rookie to earn that honor since Michael Jordan nearly a decade before. At age 21 and after just one season, he was already one of the league’s best players and arguably its second biggest star after Jordan. Thanks to his burgeoning celebrity status, O’Neal’s debut album cracked the Billboard Top 40, hit No.
Pudz Fu: The Return
