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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Entertainment
Ryan Ramgobin

Shaquille O'Neal raps and sings with passengers as undercover Lyft driver

Shaquille O’Neal certainly knows how to spend his retirement from basketball.

A lifelong wrestling fan, he participated in his first match at WrestleMania 32 in April; and now, he’s gone undercover as a Lyft taxi driver in Atlanta.

O’Neal uses several disguises and aliases for his undercover stint such as Charles, an avid maker of bracelets; Pierre, a Frenchman who does not speak a word of French; and Goose, an off-duty cop who drives a taxi on the side.

All his characters have free styling as a common interest and naturally Shaq makes his passengers spit their hottest bars.

Basketball, of course, is a topic of conversation.

In one exchange, O’Neal gives a passenger an impromptu lesson in how to free-throw.

He finishes off the class by saying “You know what? You’ve just learned from the greatest free-throw coach of all-time”.

Shaq shows that he is perfectly suited to undercover work as he was completely lying – he had a 53% success rate from the free-throw line over his career.

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