The Best NBA Webisode You Haven’t Seen: Life+Times’ ‘Road to Brooklyn’
“Aww man, I’m Jackie Robinson
‘Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
Lucky me, luckily, they didn’t get me
Now when I bring the Nets, I’m the black Brach Rickey”
These “Brooklyn Go Hard” lyrics represent part of the theme song for Christopher Wallace’s, also known as Biggie Smalls, biopic called Notorious. It was only appropriate for the movie’s filmmakers to call upon the latest Brooklynite great, Jay-Z, to convey the borough’s story as an entry way to Wallace’s legacy. Likewise, these very same lyrics personify his own stature and influence within the current pulse of Brooklyn, particularly as the Nets establish roots as the first professional Brooklyn sports franchise since the Brooklyn Dodgers.