Kendrick Lamar gained more than a few new fans after his much-talked-about performance in Super Bowl LIX. One supporter who has admired the hip-hop icon way before he took center stage at arguably the biggest sporting event in America, however, is Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink.

“When the [WNBA] draft was going on, we were doing questions on the orange carpet. The question was: Kendrick or Drake?” the Los Angeles Sparks first-round pick recalled on a recent episode of the Straight To Cam podcast. “And everyone chose Drake, and I was the only one that chose Kendrick.”

"I work with Kendrick, and he noticed that you were the only person who [picked] him," an alleged Lamar associate told Brink.

Kendrick Lamar is on top of the music world right now, after the Los Angeles-based rapper took center stage during halftime of Super Bow LIX on February 9, wher