NBA logos get redesigned as hip-hop artists

Drake cheers from courtside seats at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. (Chris Young/CP)

Hip hop is deeply rooted in the NBA, whether it’s the genre’s top artists sitting courtside or the longstanding influence it has had on players and basketball culture.

Uproxx had some fun with the idea and decided to take it a step further by incorporating a hip-hop artist into every NBA logo.

Here are some of the best. You can check out the rest of their work here.

raptors

suns

pistons

hawks1

spurs1

jazz

pelicans

bulls

I miss the old logo…

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