Do we really have to call him Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr.?
The welterweight boxer who felled Mike Hatton with a 10th-round TKO in Las Vegas over the weekend apparently believes he can rap.
A grainy, poorly-shot video for "Money" Mayweather's song “Yep,” credited to his own Philthy Rich record label, shows the boxer living large, drinking Grey Goose, partying in a pool and counting money while surrounded by women wearing G-strings.
“We got them guns,” Mayweather raps, possibly referring to his pecs rather than actual firearms.
The track puts Mayweather in the company of Allen Iverson, Deion Sanders, Kobe Bryant and other professional athletes who have tried to break into the music world with less than spectacular results. (Remember "K.O.B.E." with Tyra Banks?)
Mayweather's video has already met with negative reviews, including one from TheSweetScience, a boxing Website, which calls it a "disgrace" and blasts the champ for acting “like a world-class thug” and using the N-word.
“It's a gross showing,” writer Michael Woods says on the site. He also calls the video “some sad, sick stuff.”
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