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Amidst Kendrick Lamar vs Drake beef, ex-Lakers star reveals growing up with Compton rapper
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Rapper Kendrick Lamar is currently one of the most talked about topics on the internet due to his beef with Drake. While brutally calling him out in the diss tracks, the rapper has also mentioned some of Drake’s friends in the NBA. But Lamar also has relations in the league, as Nick Young recently revealed being cousins with the rapper.

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Nick Young recently appeared on the Sloane Knows podcast where he revealed his interesting family tree. The star has many famous cousins including Kendrick Lamar, Rapper Baby Keem , and the Golden State Warriors Kevin Looney. On the podcast, Young spoke about growing up with Lamar.

Kendrick is on my dad's side… I grew up with Kendrick. I wasn't going to Compton like that. When we grew up, he played with us a little bit. But he was always shorter. Kendrick was small. Nick Young said

Swaggy P further revealed that he lost contact with Lamar after going to college and was surprised when Lamar became the star rapper. Despite growing up with Lamar, Young never met Baby Keem. The star’s closest relation is with Looney who is his first cousin.

Young had a great career as played for two very famous teams in the league. The star only played for one year with the Golden State Warriors but got the opportunity to win a championship with his cousin Looney. The pair might be the only cousins duo to win a championship together.

Nick Young blamed D’Angelo Russell for the Lakers loss

The other famous team Young was a part of was the Lakers. During his time with the team, the star had a serious beef with teammate D’Angelo Russell. Young has been holding a grudge against Russell for almost nine years now. The star still seems upset as he blamed Russell for the Lakers exit from playoffs.

In game 3 of the first-round playoffs, Russell played for 24 minutes but was unable to score a single point for his team. During his conversation with VladTV, Young called out Russell for his performance and the Lakers for putting faith in the point guard.

They depended on DLo and that's just you asking to lose. You just asking to lose right there, putting your faith in that. They put faith in a snitch and the snitch let you down. Nick Young said

During the 2015-16 season, Russell exposed a conversation where Young was talking about cheating on his fiancé Iggy Azalea which led to a breakup. That’s when the duo’s relationship went downhill and Young is still calling Russell a snitch after so many years.

This article first appeared on FirstSportz and was syndicated with permission.

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