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At Hawks game: Lil Jon, Keisha Knight Pulliam, Rick Ross and more
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Celebrities in town for the hip-hop weekend thronged to Philips Arena on Saturday night for the Hawks game against Seattle.
Atlanta rappers T.I. and Bow Wow were there, along with Young Dro and Big Country. Also in the house were Miami rapper Rick Ross and Ronnie DeVoe, a member of New Edition.
Atlanta rapper-producer Lil Jon was seated courtside, sporting a baseball cap and large diamond studded chain. A large scream went up when the local artist was announced.
The attendance at the game was announced at 19,309. The SuperSonics won 113-112 in overtime.
Seated near Lil Jon and Ross was rocker Travis Barker. Barker is known for playing the drums for band Blink 182 and also his MTV reality show. Though Barker was featured in a recent rap video by Atlanta group OutKast, it was unclear if the tattoed and mohawk wearing rocker was in town for the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Some fans in attendance at the Hawks and SuperSonics game came to watch the stars.
And not the stars on the basketball court.
“I thought this might be a better place to get close to my favorite rappers,” said Josh Jamison, who said he came to Atlanta from New York this weekend for the BET awards. “I been looking around at the people here as much as I’ve been looking at the court. Lil Jon is sitting close to me.”
The announcers recognized Keisha Knight Pulliam during the second quarter of the game. On the scoreboard there was a huge picture of Knight Pulliam when she played adorable little Rudy Huxtable on the hit sitcom “The Cosby Show.”
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