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00:00I'm Jill Painter-Lopez for Sports Illustrated, joined by Melissa Rowland.
00:10And Melissa, a very special tribute to Kobe Bryant on the BET Awards.
00:14Lil Wayne paid tribute to Kobe.
00:17How meaningful was that?
00:18It was very meaningful, especially to Vanessa Bryant, who took to social media to post about
00:24how much that affected her.
00:26Kobe Bryant, actually, I was contacted by Lil Wayne back in 2009 after Game 6 of the
00:32Western Conference Finals.
00:34He just had a 35-point, 10-assist game, and Lil Wayne reached out to him and said,
00:39You're inspiring me.
00:40I want to do a song about you.
00:42Kobe said, OK.
00:43He didn't think he'd actually do it.
00:44Lil Wayne went ahead, did that song back in 2009.
00:48Kobe loved it.
00:49And Lil Wayne brought it back to life for the BET Awards this time around and had a
00:53bunch of photos of Kobe playing in the background.
00:56It was just another very touching tribute to Kobe Bryant.
00:59It sure was, and doing it in front of the number 24 all lit up.
01:03Very cool.
01:04Thank you for that, Melissa.