LOS ANGELES (AP) — LiAngelo Ball is expanding his life playbook, taking a pivot from his hoop dreams to a fresh focus on music with a new record deal. Ball signed with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from the label confirmed Monday. He had a brief stint in the NBA and overseas, but he’s created positive waves with his rap debut “Tweaker,” which has gone viral garnering millions of views on social media. The track, which was r…

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LiAngelo is expanding his life playbook, taking a pivot from his hoop dreams to a fresh focus on music with a new record deal. Ball signed with Def Jam and

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LiAngelo Ball has signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from his label Born2Ball Music Group says, and sources tell ESPN it is worth as much as $13 million, with $8 million guaranteed.

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The middle Ball brother seems to have swerved and bent the corner into a new, and highly-profitable, career venture. LiAngelo Ball, known for his time riding G League benches and finding himself in the limelight in part due to his familial affiliations, has translated his less-than-successful NBA tenure into a full-fledged music career. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Monday that Ball put pen to paper on an $8 million record deal with Def Jam …

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LaVar Ball was right… for the most part. The enigmatic father of Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, predicted that all three of his sons would have success in the NBA. The Ball family burst onto the scene a decade ago as a basketball family that dominated the high school landscape And while he was correct that both Lonzo and LaMelo have had various different degrees of success in the Association, his middle son LiAngelo, was never able to stick on…

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Professional basketball player and “Tweaker” rapper LiAngelo Ball has signed a label deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group (UMG), according to ESPN reporter Shams Charania. 
	On Monday (Jan. 13), Charania, whose main beat is NBA news, tweeted that the recording deal for Ball, who performs under the name G3, was confirmed by “a representative from” Ball’s label, Born2Ball Music Group. He added that sources said “the deal is worth as much as…

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LiAngelo Ball's officially a signed artist -- he inked a record deal following the massive success of his viral song, "Tweaker."

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