Though hoop dreams didn’t work out for Gelo the way they did for his older and younger brothers, the middle child bouncing between NBA 10-day contracts and G-League stints, perhaps it’s a different lane entirely that’ll bring him success.

From the same family who made basketball a form of reality TV and who tried to create a shoe empire comes a new breakthrough: Music. The latest Ball venture features LiAngelo Ball as its figurehead—and it seems as powerful as the cultural moments his father,

LiAngelo Ball, aka Gelo, just dropped his song “Tweaker” after a clip of it went viral on social media. It all started during a stream with influencer Neon, when Gelo asked if he wanted to hear “some hot sh*t” and played the track in the car. Once people heard it, they went crazy, saying it sounded like it could’ve been a hit in the early 2000s.

LiAngelo Ball and his new song "Tweaker" just got another co-sign. During a postgame interview after Milwaukee Bucks and San Antonio Spurs game Wednesday (Jan. 8), Bucks point guard and current consensus best rapper/athlete Damian Lillard was asked by Michael Eaves of ESPN what he felt about the record that's taking the rap world by storm.

LiAngelo Ball's viral hit song "Tweaker" received a stamp of approval from another basketball player-turned-rapper. Milwaukee Bucks star point guard

Damian Lillard is the ambassador of hip-hop in the NBA. Plenty of dudes in the league can rap, but he's very clearly the best of them. He's got legitimate albums with legendary features attached to them.

LiAngelo Ball did something that no other person has been able to successfully do-time travel. Ball first briefly teased his early 2000’s-esque track, “Tweaker,” in December 2024 during a livestream with known internet troll N3ON.

It’s unexpected that LiAngelo Ball’s song would be the first rap hit of 2025, but that’s what’s happening. Damian Lillard, the superstar guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, is often considered the best rapper in the NBA,