Ja Rule slammed ESPN for Milwaukee Bucks Halftime Performance Tweet. ESPN’s social team posted on twitter recalling the nearly year-and-a-half old memory of the rapper asking a Milwaukee Bucks crowd at halftime if they were “reaadddyyy???!” for his performance. Their silent response appeared to indicate that their answer was “no.”
It’s a funny clip—if you’re not Ja Rule —but again, ESPN’s tweet kind of came out of nowhere. As it was, they told their followers to “never forget” the moment, and then punctuated it with a crying-while-laughing emoji:
Never forget this Ja Rule moment 😂 pic.twitter.com/exqr24Dhbg
— ESPN (@espn) July 26, 2020
Ja Rule issued a response that labeled ESPN’s conduct as “unprofessional,” while alleging that they were trying to “discredit” him. He also called for whoever’s responsible to be fired, and continued by saying the issue during the halftime in question was technical in nature. Finally, he accused them of slander and defamation.
I usually mind my business and ignore the white noise but I think it’s very unprofessional of @espn to try and diminish or discredit who and what I am to this culture… whoever post for your social accounts @espn needs to be FIRED…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) July 26, 2020
Be more professional @espn and tell your little social team to have some RESPECT we speaking on an ICONN… #ICONN
— Ja Rule (@jarule) July 26, 2020
So let me get this straight @espn your letting your social team that represents your brand and social accounts with over 16 million follows try and clown me over what was clearly a technical issue with the equipment and for what likes??? @espn clout chasing now lmao… #ICONN
— Ja Rule (@jarule) July 26, 2020
Like I said it was a technical issue but y’all always trying it… 🤣 @espn STOP PLAYING WIT ME… 🤡 they even try to get @Giannis_An34 to say something bad about me lmao #Foh #thedevilisalie #ICONN pic.twitter.com/3azKzcfoaz
— Ja Rule (@jarule) July 26, 2020