LiAngelo Ball lands major performing gig
Dec 7, 2018; Scottsdale, AZ, USA; LiAngelo Ball attends the game between Spire Institute and Bella Vista Prep at Chaparral High School. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
2025 is already shaping up to be the year of LiAngelo Ball.
On Tuesday, the popular Rolling Loud festival officially announced their lineup for 2025. This year’s festival will be held in Los Angeles and is set to feature Ball as one of the performers.
LiAngelo Ball is set to perform at Rolling Loud LA
(via @RollingLoud) pic.twitter.com/Uyw3zxg2oA
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 7, 2025
The 26-year-old Ball, who has launched a rap career as “Gelo” and/or “G3,” has taken the world by storm in recent days with his new single “Tweaker.” With its catchy early-2000s-style production, the song has gone massively viral (you might have seen some popular social media accounts in recent days quoting its lyrics, “I might swerve bend that corner woah”).
I might swerve bend that corner woah pic.twitter.com/zXXyC2aU1b
— T-Pain (@TPAIN) January 6, 2025
I might swerve bend that corner whoa-whoaaaa my brother @LiAngeloBall I can’t get it out of my head
— Dave (@lildickytweets) January 7, 2025
I MIGHT SWERVE BEND THAT CORNER WOAHHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/0VTeeSmZFh
— DoorDash (@DoorDash) January 5, 2025
he might swerve bend that corner woahpic.twitter.com/6dB9lzaAEk
— NFL (@NFL) January 6, 2025
Ball’s song has also been getting played in the locker room by many pro sports teams. That includes the NBA’s Chicago Bulls (who have Ball’s older brother Lonzo on their roster) and the NFL’s Detroit Lions (who played the song after clinching the No. 1 seed in the NFC over the weekend).
Lonzo and Bulls locker room vibing to LiAngelo Ball’s new song pic.twitter.com/jycURsPgu8
— BullsMuse (@BullsMuse_) January 5, 2025
"I MIGHT SWERVE BEND THAT CORNER WOAAHHHHH"
Lions turning up to LiAngelo Ball celebrating their first ever #1 playoff seed
(via @StBrownPodcast)pic.twitter.com/YuhlgMlp08
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) January 6, 2025
Professional basketball didn’t quite work out for Ball, who never made it beyond the G League and Summer League circuits and most recently spent time last year playing for some unconventional teams. But now Ball’s career as a professional rapper has taken off, and he is set to take his act to Rolling Loud (just like another former athlete in Antonio Brown did years ago).