Shaquille O’Neal tells Kanye West to ‘stop b****in and snitchin’ as the NBA legend suggests rapper snubbed him at the Super Bowl: ‘Man up lil boy’
Shaquille O’Neal has feuded with Kanye West after rapper Jamie Salter, the basketball legend’s friend and billionaire owner of Authentic Brands Group (ABG), called out Jamie Salter on social media.
Both O’Neal and West were at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas and the four-time NBA champion seemed to suggest that the rapper snubbed him at Allegiant Stadium.
The pair have clashed in the past when West appeared to question O’Neal and Salter’s business relationship.
ABG owns the rights to O’Neal’s name and the TNT analyst owns a major stake in the company, but West took to social media to question who had the “extra one percent for control and voting rights” in their partnership.
O’Neal hit back, telling the controversial artist to “worry about your business.” He even quoted West, adding: ‘To quote the great Kanye West, “I have more money than you, so why should I listen to you”.’
Shaquille O’Neal, pictured with Taylor Swift and Jamie Salter at the Super Bowl on Sunday
Kanye West connected with Salter, O’Neal’s business partner, in a social media post this week
O’Neal also hinted that West had snubbed him during the Super Bowl before telling him to man up.
West took to social media again on Tuesday evening to suggest Salter had cut off all contact with him in recent months.
He posted: ‘DOV CHARNEY IS MY BROTHER AND ME AND MY WIFE’S BUSINESS PARTNER WHEN JAMIE SALTER AND EVERYONE DIDN’T ANSWER MY CALLS HE LET ME SLEEP IN HIS FACTORY. DOV CHARNEY JONAH HILL AND JON RAFMAN ARE 3 PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE MY APOLOGY. ‘
O’Neal quickly jumped to his business partner’s defense, suggesting that West chose not to speak to him in person during the Super Bowl.
He replied: ‘What the heck, stop b****in and snitchin. I know you saw me at the Super Bowl. I was waiting for you to say something smart. man up. no one wants to see you cry, man, little boy. He has since deleted the post.
O’Neal and West also fell out over Kyrie Irving, when the Dallas Mavericks star controversially promoted a movie that contained anti-Semitism.
It comes after both men had very different experiences with Taylor Swift on Sunday.
The singer allegedly had West removed from the Super Bowl after the rapper tried to beat her on Sunday night, according to former NFL star Brandon Marshall.
Swift is said to have “made a call” for Kanye to start after he deliberately bought seats at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas that were in front of her.
The “Anti-Hero” singer, 34, sat in a VIP box with celebrity friends Blake Lively, Ice Spice and Lana Del Rey, as well as boyfriend Travis Kelce’s family.
Marshall — a retired NFL wide receiver — suggested that Kanye, 46, strategically placed himself in front of Taylor to photobomb any footage of her during the game’s broadcast.
Taylor Swift reportedly removed West from his Super Bowl seats at Allegiant Stadium
Kanye made it to the Super Bowl with photos of him and his wife Bianca Censori
“(Kanye) tried to capitalize on her celebrity,” Marshall said on the channel I’m an athlete podcast. “(So) Taylor Swift is getting horny. She boom boom calls a few times. Everyone is involved. He will be thrown out of the stadium.’
It is unclear where Marshall got his information and there is nothing to indicate any truth in his claims.
The former NFLer also initially confused Swift with fellow pop star Katy Perry when he made the wild claims.
If true, however, the incident represents a resounding victory for Swift in her years-long feud with the controversial rapper – which began in 2009 when Kanye stormed the stage at the VMAs and embarrassed Taylor as she accepted an award for Best Female Video took.
Meanwhile, O’Neal posted a photo showing how he was able to meet the pop superstar for the first time in Las Vegas. Shaq was seen alongside Jamie Salter and the ‘Cruel Summer’ singer.
“Finally met @taylorswift,” the post read. “Me and @jamiejsalter got her an NFL Judith Lieber bag as a gift.”
That bag is a football-shaped bag covered in crystals and costs $4,000.
It’s made by the company Judith Lieber, which makes crystal-covered bags in the shapes of other objects, such as disco balls, cameras and a pair of lips.