Basketball (song)

"Basketball"
Single by Lil' Bow Wow featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha
from the album Like Mike Soundtrack
Released	June 24, 2002
Format	CD single, 12-inch single
Recorded	2001/2002
Genre	Pop rap
Length	4:58
Writer(s)	Stephen Wiley, Shad Moss, John Jackson, Jermaine Dupri
Bow Wow singles chronology "Take Ya Home" (2002) "Basketball" (2002) "Let's Get Down" (2003) Fabolous singles chronology "Young'n" (2001) "Basketball" (2002) "4Ever" (2003)

Basketball is a single that was written by Stephen Wiley and recorded by Kurtis Blow released in 1984 from his album Ego Trip. It was later covered by Lil' Bow Wow in 2002, featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha for the Like Mike soundtrack. Music video for the original Kurtis Blow version was produced and directed by Michael Oblowitz in New York City in 1984. The song was used in the opening video, and as part of the soundtrack, in the video game NBA 2K12.

Lil' Bow Wow version

In the song, Lil' Bow Wow talks about basketball, on the second verse, Fabolous raps with him. Fundisha sings the chorus and Jermaine close the song with his verse. In the music video they cut some parts of the film in the video.

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	44
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles	25
UK Singles Chart	125

External links

• Music video for Kurtis Blow's "Basketball" on YouTube