While the Ball family’s decision to join Roc Nation came as a surprise to many, it was a move that LaVar Ball revealed was long in the works. LaMelo Ball and Jermaine Jackson teased a meeting on Jay-Z’s private jet but a much bigger meeting was in the works.
On his appearance on Complex’s Load Management podcast, Ball was asked about Jay-Z’s involvement in the recruiting of the family to Roc Nation.
“You know Jay got to get involved. Here’s the thing. I ain’t talked to Jay. He’s got people that work for him so we have to talk to them first. But he’s done talked to my boys. I just haven’t talked to him but my boys have talked to them. And the guys that he’s got lined up that’s on his team, I’ve talked to them. I talked to them over the phone…but with the pandemic going on, nobody can fly around and get that collaboration.
We were actually going to meet up right before everything happened. It was a Clipper game and he was going to come down and watch the Pelicans play the Clippers and that was perfect time but we never got a chance to do that.”
The Clippers game mentioned was slated for Friday, March 13, two days after Rudy Gobert’s positive test for COVID-19 brought the league to a screeching halt. Despite not being able to meet face-to-face, though, the family was able to come to an agreement with Roc Nation.
