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Salute the Legend - After 20 years of playing in the NBA, Kobe Bryant recently announced that he will hang up his jersey at the end of the 2015-2016 season. He's not leaving empty-handed. The Lakers shooting guard has five NBA championship rings, is a 17-time All-Star, has led the league in scoring twice and will be setting an NBA record for most seasons with the same team. Although his life is primarily dedicated to basketball, he's considered an icon in pop culture. Along with his athletic legacy, Kobe's personal life — from his almost-divorce to the 2003 sexual assault allegation — has been well documented in rap punchlines. We will be saying goodbye to the Black Mamba, but Kobe's influence lives through this list of 15 rap references. — Janice Llamoca (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Lil Wayne – 'Kobe Bryant' - "MVP, MVP/Kobe Bryant aka Envy Me/In knee-deep, smash any D/Whoever he is, he can't guard me."(Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Drake – Rick Ross's 'Stay Schemin'' - "Kobe 'bout to lose a hundred fifty Ms/Kobe my n***a, I hate it had to be him/B***h you wasn't with me shooting in the gym."(Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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Kanye West – T.I.'s 'Swagga Like Us' - "Tryna get that Kobe number/One over Jordan."(Photo: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

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Kurupt – Nate Dogg's 'Dogg Pound Gangstaville' - "You f**kin' with the Kobe Bryant of rap/With a Mack 11 cocked back ready for sure, ready for war."(Photo: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Hublot)

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Game – 'Remedy' - "I'm hard as a muthf**kin' ounce of raw/Dribble rock like Kobe Bryant bounce the ball."(Photo: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

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Pimp C – UGK's 'Still Ridin' Dirty' - "You need to step off, take ya tennis shoes somewhere/And your sweatsuits and ya Kobe Bryant outfit, and go join the Lakers, square!"(Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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Jay Rock – 'Numbers on the Board (Freestyle)' - "Kobe Bryant mind state, I'm shootin' 'til I'm accurate."(Photo: Kevin Lee/Getty Images)

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Juicy J – 'Who Da Neighbors' - "My mansion sittin' on 40 acres/Who da neighbors?/Kobe Bryant from the Lakers/Now that's paper."(Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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Kendrick Lamar – 'The Heart Pt. 2' - 'One hood with 20 four-fours like a cloned Kobe Bryant.'(Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Kanye West – Beyoncé's 'Ego (Remix)' - "I had dreams of the league/One day I play Kobe/I walk up to Puff and he already know me."(Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Lloyd Banks – 'Beamer, Benz or Bentley' - "Where my ring and my confetti?/I'm Kobe Bryant ready."(Photo: Kevin Lee/Getty Images)

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Big Sean – Kanye West's 'See Me Now' - "They say G.O.O.D. Music like the new Miami Heat, s**t/Comparin' them to us, man they gotta add Kobe."(Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

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Jay Z – 'Some People Hate' - "With a splash of Monster Kody, shoot faster than Kobe."(Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

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XV – 'That's Just Me' - "You Kobe Number 8, she no longer wants your number."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Chief Keef – 'Kobe' - "Hundred thousand in one pocket I get paid like I'm Kobe/When these f**k boys play games, man I just play like I'm Kobe." (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)