Local emcee Braille has landed a pretty sweet licensing deal with the folks at the monolithic sports video game company, EA.

His track “The IV” soundtracks the new trailer for NBA Live 09, which highlights the pathetic flopping talents of cover model, and scruffy French hoops icon, Tony Parker.

Not exactly my first pick for video game cover model, but what do I know? If I had my way, this guy would be on the cover.

LISTEN:

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Braille – “The IV” (Feat. Rob Swift)

End Hits: Be warned, if you watch that clip of Tony Parker rapping, it might ruin both the French language, and hiphop, for you. Forever.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LEzhsuNZXZQ%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....

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