It’s been a good week for Common. He won an Oscar, his manager gave him some gold-plated Jordans, now we’re hearing what it was like for the rapper to be a Chicago Bulls ball boy in the late 80s.
Common once tried to sell a forged Michael Jordan autograph because MJ asked him to
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
It sounds like a pretty amazing experience. Common got a signed pair of original Air Jordans from the man himself, and also did a little hustling on the side when he tried to sell a forged MJ signature. That sounds pretty nefarious, but MJ asked him to do it -- so all is well.
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