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Heat center refers to ex-Lakers teammate in song

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updated 1:11 p.m. ET Sept. 10, 2004

Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal, on a new rap CD he is making in collaboration with DJ Vlad, takes some shots at former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant, ESPN reported.

On the song "You Not The Fightin' Type," part of the new CD "Hot In Here Part Five," O'Neal calls out Cincinnati-based radio disc jockey DJ Skillz and sings, "Even with wings you never as fly as me ... you remind me of Kobe Bryant trying to be as high as me ... but you can't ... even if you get me traded ... wherever I'm at, I'm Puffy; you Mase and you're still hated."

O'Neal has two previous rap albums, "Shaq Diesel" and "Shaq Fu -- Da Return."

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Bryant, who signed a seven-year, $136.4 million contract with the Lakers in July, was rumored to have influenced the Lakers not to renew coach Phil Jackson's contract and to trade O'Neal to the Heat, ESPN said.

Those moves came after the Lakers lost in five games to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA finals.

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