The athlete met Hov as a wide-eyed 16-year-old back in 2001.
LeBron James and Jay Z pose onstage with an award during the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Ceremony 2016 at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on December 12, 2016 in New York City.
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LeBron James met Jay-Z when he was a high-school student, and 25 years later, the pair of rap and hoop legends remains close, as James was in attendance for all three of Hov’s historic Yankee Stadium shows the weekend of July 10-12.
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