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HairyChick · 09-20-2019, 04:05 PM

Read an article about former singers and musicians and most were known. This guy I’d never heard of but his career choice was wise.

DAVID KELLY GOES FROM RAPPER TO NBA LAWYER

In 1991, he opened hip-hop shows for national acts like A Tribe Called Quest and Arrested Development. Later, he joined the hip-hop group All Natural, with whom he would record five albums, and in 2010, he made a solo album, Polymath, that was named independent album of the year by the Chicago Tribune. He was rapper Capital D, also known as Cap D, also known as Chicagoan David Kelly, who is now known as general counsel for the Golden State Warriors, a legal executive for the champions of the NBA. Kelly made the change from full-time rapper to part-time rapper/full-time University of Illinois law school student after getting married in 2000, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. After graduating, he joined a prestigious Chicago law firm and, two years after that, joined the Warriors.

"I always tried to be more thoughtful than your typical [rapper]," Kelly told the legal blog Above the Law. "Political stuff, racial issues, just the image people have of the black man or black people, I wanted to attack that. The image that black people have of ourselves, I wanted to attack that." He still dabbles in rap, but these days it's more of a hobby, or a way to surprise new Warriors players who don't believe their general counsel can spit a verse, or that he once judged Eminem in a rap competition. Kelly says he has no regrets about his career — only he can probably tell you that in a rhyme.

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HairyChick Slowly dying Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Padanaram Posts: 3,091	Rapper to NBA Lawyer Read an article about former singers and musicians and most were known. This guy I’d never heard of but his career choice was wise. DAVID KELLY GOES FROM RAPPER TO NBA LAWYER In 1991, he opened hip-hop shows for national acts like A Tribe Called Quest and Arrested Development. Later, he joined the hip-hop group All Natural, with whom he would record five albums, and in 2010, he made a solo album, Polymath, that was named independent album of the year by the Chicago Tribune. He was rapper Capital D, also known as Cap D, also known as Chicagoan David Kelly, who is now known as general counsel for the Golden State Warriors, a legal executive for the champions of the NBA. Kelly made the change from full-time rapper to part-time rapper/full-time University of Illinois law school student after getting married in 2000, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. After graduating, he joined a prestigious Chicago law firm and, two years after that, joined the Warriors. "I always tried to be more thoughtful than your typical [rapper]," Kelly told the legal blog Above the Law. "Political stuff, racial issues, just the image people have of the black man or black people, I wanted to attack that. The image that black people have of ourselves, I wanted to attack that." He still dabbles in rap, but these days it's more of a hobby, or a way to surprise new Warriors players who don't believe their general counsel can spit a verse, or that he once judged Eminem in a rap competition. Kelly says he has no regrets about his career — only he can probably tell you that in a rhyme. __________________ ***************************************** Anti-Semites have Small Penis Syndrome. The only known treatment is electroshock therapy combined with cerebellum removal. Fortunately, it’s a tiny procedure. *****************************************