Music royalty turned out at Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
JAY-Z, 49, proved thatDrakeisn’t the only famous rapper invested in the sport when he and wifeBeyoncé, 37, were spotted sitting courtside in support of the Golden State Warriors Wednesday night.
The famous couple posed for cameras and waving to fans before the on-court action started.
Making the evening all the more eventful, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett ofMetallicakicked off the game from Oakland’s Oracle Arena with a rocking rendition of the National Anthem — complete with pyrotechnics!
The two musicians broke out their electric guitars for theinstrumental performanceand wore t-shirts boasting support for the Warriors.
Fans of the musicians will remember their famous feud, culminating in thePusha T, 42, diss track “The Story of Adidon” that accuses Drake offathering a secret child. Drake responded with a diss track of his own, titled “March 14,” andacknowledgedhis son Adonis, whom he shares with adult film starSophie Brussaux.
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Drake has been making headlines for his over-the-top support for the Raptors during multiple games this season. In fact, his behavior — which included giving Raptors head coach Nick Nurse amid-game shoulder rubduring a game against the Milwaukee Bucks — earned him atalking to from the NBA.
Metallica performing National Anthem.Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images
“The league office had conversations directly with Drake and his manager, and I think we ended up in a good place,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters before Game 1 of the finals series, according toESPN.
“I think in the case of Drake, as I’ve said before, I mean, we certainly appreciate his superfan status, and I know he’s beloved in the community of Toronto,” Silver added. “I think certainly we don’t want fans, friend or foe, contacting an NBA coach during a game. I think that even as Nick Nurse later said, I didn’t even realize it was Drake or hardly was aware that I was being touched, and I think those can lead to dangerous situations.”
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“I think that’s an absolute bright line that we have to draw,” Silver continued. “So that’s one example, and I would also say that I think the issue for the league is that he has this ambassador-type role with the team. So he is viewed a little differently than any fan sitting there. But at the same time, I think there are appropriate lines that shouldn’t be crossed in terms of how a competing team is addressed, or the officials, for that matter.”
NBA Finals Game 3.Rey Josue II/NBAE/Getty Images
But Drake, JAY-Z and Beyoncé aren’t the only famous faces to watch the Finals. Former presidentBarack Obama, 57, attended Game 2 in Toronto, receiving astanding ovationfrom fans in the crowd.
The Raptors defeated the Warriors 123-109 at game 3.
source: people.com
