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LiAngelo Ball Reveals He Only Made $3k a Month Playing in the G League

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LiAngelo Ball has revealed the motivation behind his decision to quit the basketball G League for rap, and says he was not making much money from the professional league.

“I was in the G-League, that’s 3K a month as a grown man, I was getting mine and throwing it right when you touch 3K that don’t help nothing,” he said on the BagFuel podcast.

He said as soon as he got his first check from rap, the decision was a no-brainer.

“When I got paid from music it wasn’t a hard decision, Like I wasn’t contemplating like ‘Damn I gotta hoop,”” Ball said.

The youngest of the Ball brothers made a splash with his debut single “Tweaker,” which went viral almost overnight. Gelo quickly inked a record deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group reportedly worth up to $13 million, with $8 million guaranteed, all while maintaining full ownership of his masters and his label, Born2Ball Music Group.

This year, he made it onto the 2025 XXL Freshman list.

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