As if going to the old school score board wasn’t embarrassing enough for the Wizards on Tuesday night, their No. 1 fan, rapper Wale, didn’t have such a good night either. The D.C. native was sitting court side watching the Wizards take on the Toronto Raptors, when recently acquired forward Rudy Gay motioned to Wale “bro, call me, maybe?”. Whatever the exchange, it seemed rather innocent on film, but Raptors play-by-play man Matt Devlin decided to poke fun at Mr. Folarin, asking if anyone had ever heard of him, before dropping a “he’s not Drake, that’s for sure” ether:
Thanks to Twitter, Wale was informed of Devlin’s comments, and fired back:
@mattdevlinraps watch ur mouth
— Wale Folarin(@Wale) February 20, 2013
Now, one does not gain a lot of street cred by tweeting your opponent and not confronting them. Especially when that someone is sitting in the same building. So that’s what Wale did, hiking up to the Raptors’ broadcast booth to give Devlin and partner Leo Rautins a piece of his mind:
[SBNation]
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