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Rapper Waka Flocka gets mistaken for Seahawks CB Richard Sherman

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Employees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport mistook rapper Waka Flocka for Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. Jayson Jenks of The Seattle Times asked Sherman about it:

The rapper texted Sherman after the picture went viral with a special request.

“He said, ‘Send me a jersey,’” Sherman said. “He thought it was pretty funny too and said that he just went with it. He asked me to send him a jersey so I’m going to send him a jersey.”

The Seahawks are now an offensive football team, writes Danny O'Neil of 710 ESPN Seattle:

Turns out that Tony Dungy wasn't joking.