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Serena Williams may be one of the best female tennis players of all time, but that’s not the only thing she can do. Apparently, Serena can also drop a beat. According to TMZ, Williams had some fun laying down a couple of rap tracks last year at a studio called B Major Music Group in Florida. The studio is owned by Ravens offensive lineman Bryant McKinnie, who is apparently close friends with the Williams sisters. Fortunately for all of us, a sample of one of the songs has surfaced.

As you heard, Serena kind of almost pulls it off. The lyrics are catchy enough, but for some reason she just sounds unnatural to me. Maybe because I’m picturing her with a racket in-hand while spitting rhymes? That could be it. I did, however, pick out a favorite line from the one-minute sample:

“I cook the track up like a frozen pizza.”

All you DiGiorno guys or gals know exactly what I’m talking about. If Serena was serious with what she recently said about her personal life, maybe that will give her more time to work on releasing a rap album.

She also seemed upset about the word getting out regarding her rapping career. Check out what she tweeted early Friday morning, hours after TMZ published their story:

Dear @BryantMckinnie I hate you. Lol

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) May 11, 2012

This isn’t Serena’s foray into music; remember her karaoke performance? The only question is if she’s a better singer or rapper.

H/T MTV RapFix
Photo credit: Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE

Former North Carolina point guard Larry Drew has hit a rough patch in his life. Since he quit the Tar Heels team in February, they went on to eight of nine games and lock down the ACC regular season championship. Then, he decided to spit a rap at his 21st birthday bash — one that may be the worst we’ve heard since Martellus Bennett gave it a go a couple years back.  The only thing worse than making a fool of yourself trying to freestyle is doing so with no beats, no interest from the crowd, and using the “woe is me” card about your sad playing career. He covered all of that, as you can see in the Larry Drew rap video (courtesy of TwitVid user DaveEmoney):

In case you couldn’t make out what he was saying because the crowd was chatting amongst themselves, Sporting News highlighted a couple of the rhymes he laid down.

“Everything that I’m hearing is untrue. The media, they’ll talk, but they’ll never confront you.”

“The past three years, I can’t let loose. I’m not making all of the moves that I want to.”

“They tried to tell me just to play my role, but who’s going to stick to a script that’s got typos?”

Poor form, Larry.  Poor form.  I’m truly sorry you have to share a name with this guy, L.B.

Dallas, this is your backup tight end, Martellus Bennett … (warning, language NSFW)

Thanks, sorta, to PFT for the video. The last time we saw a player rapping on YouTube, it got freshman Josh Jarboe kicked off Oklahoma. I’m not so sure Wade Phillips is going to yank his scholarship, but the language was kinda harsh for his lyrics being so weak. Apparently Bennett has a history of rapping, having channeled Keyshawn Johnson with a rap titled, “Pass me tha Ball,” when he was at Texas A&M with Dennis Franchione as his coach. This guy’s got a much bigger mouth for what he’s shown on the field, you know?