Damian Lillard goes viral for rap, music video from plane amid Blazers grounded flight due to blizzard

Nick Brinkerhoff

Damian Lillard goes viral for rap, music video from plane amid Blazers grounded flight due to blizzard image

Damian Lillard is known for having plenty of success on the basketball court, but he's carved out a name for himself as "Dame D.O.L.L.A" off of it. 

The Portland Trail Blazers' guard often dazzles fans with incredible shooting performances from long range, never hesitating to pull up from half-court. There aren't many players in the NBA who put more fear into opposing defenses when he's on his game. 

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"Dame D.O.L.L.A." which stands for, "Different On Levels the Lord Allows," has produced four studio albums to date. But Wednesday night brought out what appears to be a first in D.O.L.L.A.'s career. A music video produced on an airplane that was grounded for seven hours due to a blizzard in Portland. 

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Lillard's first album, The Letter "O," released in 2016, followed by Confirmed in 2017, Big D.O.L.L.A in 2019, and Different On Levels The Lord Allowed in 2021. Some of the featured artists across the four albums include Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and 2 Chainz. 

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The 2023 Three-Point Contest champion and his team currently sits a half game outside of the play-in tournament in the Western Conference and are supposed to take on the Kings in Sacramento on Thursday night.

Maybe seven hours stranded on a plane was enough to build some team chemistry to make a run to the playoffs. Although Shaedon Sharpe's reaction at the end of the video might say otherwise.

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Nick Brinkerhoff is a content producer at The Sporting News covering the NFL, NBA and other sports. A proud New Jerseyan, Nick is also a graduate of Rutgers University. He is always in the mood for a good joke, the day’s best bets, or a debate about the mediocrity of the New York sports scene.