He wanted to be Michael Jordan when he was young.
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21. He wanted to be Michael Jordan when he was young.
Lamar wanted to follow in the footsteps of the legendary basketball player but "I’m a small guy—I only grew to 5-6. I deferred my dreams to write in rhymes, and I pinned [that dream] somewhere else".