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E-40 brings his West Coast standing to the courtside in his new music video for “Entrance Row 40.” With an look from his spouse, Tracey Stevens, E-40, authorized identify Earl Stevens, is seen sitting entrance row at San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, and Golden State Warriors, even catching some dap from NBA gamers like Stephen Curry. The video additionally consists of footage from occasions that Stevens has attended video games alongside 2 Chainz, JAY-Z, and extra.
“I like Bay Space groups, I’m a superfan / I’m sorta like Spike and Jack Nicholson,” Stevens raps, acknowledging NBA fans Spike Lee and the aforementioned Nicholson.
The only comes one week after Stevens was ejected from a Sacramento Kings vs. Golden State Warriors recreation throughout the NBA playoffs. The Mount Westmore rapper alleges that he confronted a bunch of white hecklers when a verbal altercation erupted.
Stevens, 55, was then faraway from the Golden 1 Middle in Sacramento and later wrote an announcement claiming that the ejection was on account of “racial bias.”
“Sadly, it was one more reminder that — regardless of my success and accolades as a musician and entrepreneur — racial bias stays prevalent. Safety noticed a disagreement between a Black man and a white lady and instantly assumed that I used to be at fault. I’ve attended numerous NBA video games all through my lifetime and have all the time prided myself in my professionalism, so this expertise has been jarring.”
The Kings have since acknowledged that the ejection was on account of a miscommunication in a joint assertion with Stevens, saying, “Opposite to hypothesis, Mr. Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens didn’t stand excessively from his ticketed courtside seat; the result resulted from an unlucky misunderstanding between each events.”
They continued, “The Kings will proceed to equitably implement the NBA Fan Code of Conduct to make sure company can comfortably take pleasure in video games freed from disrespectful heckling and different disruptive conduct.”
Watch the “Entrance Row 40” video beneath.
