Shaq's third rap album finally hits streaming platforms on Friday, featuring an unreleased collaboration between Jay-Z and Nas

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal’s third rap album You Can’t Stop The Reign is finally coming to digital streaming platforms on Friday, and there’s a fascinating twist involved with the release.

Per Fake Shore Drive’s Andrew Barber, the streaming debut will feature the previously unreleased version of the song “No Love Lost” that features both Jay-Z and Nas on their first-ever collaboration together at the time.

The studio version of the 1996 rap song originally featured Jay-Z and Lord Tariq alongside Shaq instead of Jay-Z and Nas, as the highly publicized feud between Jay-Z and Nas would’ve prevented a collaboration between the two.

However, it’s been nearly two decades since the two rap legends called their beef off, making their original first collaboration a possibility for release.

Shaq’s third album ‘You Can’t Stop The Reign’ FINALLY comes to DSPs this Friday, June 28th…

And for the first time ever, the previously unreleased original version of “No Love Lost” featuring both Nas & Jay-Z will be included (their first-ever collab) pic.twitter.com/hPncEqP7uR

— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) June 26, 2024

While the 2024 NBA Draft is easily the marquee event of the week for basketball, the streaming debut of a Shaq album that features an unreleased collaboration of Nas and Jay-Z in their primes is pretty awesome.