Athletes Who Have Turned to Music

Lance Stephenson drops "Poppin," Breezy isn't on it.

Lance Stephenson Flows - After an offseason trade to the Los Angeles Clippers, Lance Stephenson has gone Hollywood. As a solid closer to Black Music Month, he dropped a song called "Poppin'," which is all about being a baller (see how that almost rhymes?). "Album coming soon," he said.Well, thanks to Jim Jones, we already knew that rappers are ballin’. But is it valid the other way around? Read on.(Photo: Rocky Widner/Getty Images)
Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) - Tweet: "After 2 matches, you better believe I killed my goal today! I earned 6718 @nikefuel. Top my score? Tag it #FUELSERENA"Serena promotes the Nike Fuel game and encourages folks to get active.(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
Floyd Mayweather - The Money Team's own hangs with the likes of 50 Cent, Ray J and Justin Bieber, so it's no surprise he's already tried his hand at rapping, even teaming up with Ludacris for the 2009 song "Undisputed."(Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)Stephen Jackson - One of the worst parts of the 2011 NBA lockout? When ballers got bored and started looking for new day jobs. Spurs star Stephen Jackson dropped a mixtape titled What's A Lockout? in December. Three cheers for arbitration.(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Lance Stephenson Flows - After an offseason trade to the Los Angeles Clippers, Lance Stephenson has gone Hollywood. As a solid closer to Black Music Month, he dropped a song called "Poppin'," which is all about being a baller (see how that almost rhymes?). "Album coming soon," he said.Well, thanks to Jim Jones, we already knew that rappers are ballin’. But is it valid the other way around? Read on.(Photo: Rocky Widner/Getty Images)

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