As the battle of the NBA title rages on between Boston and LA, Benzino raises the stakes for bragging rights with his new ode, “Ballin’ With The Celtics.”

“[There] were a lot of Twitter comments about different L.A. cats making songs [for the Lakers],” explained Benzino. “I didn’t pay it too much attention, but then I heard the Snoop [Dogg] and Kurupt track. Snoop’s my man – big up to Snoop; Kurupt’s my friend too. When I heard that, I was like, wow. I kind of took it a little personally. But I can kind of understand them [as fans], comin’ from L.A.Just as in Rap rivalry, Benzino reached for a microphone to respond. Me and my man, Young L.O. from The Untouchables – he’s also a Boston native, comin’ out of Orchard Park, we was at our studio the other night, and I just couldn’t take it no more.”

While the song is pro Boston, it’s not a LA diss. “It’s not necessarily an L.A. diss, as much as it’s us biggin’ up Boston. I want to clear that up,” said Ray. “I definitely respect a lot of the Lakers’ players. [Ron] Artest, especially in Hip Hop, [I respect him] for what he brings to the table, comin’ outta Queensbridge. Lamar Odom went to school up in Providence, [Rhode Island], that’s right down the street [from Boston]. Definitely, Kobe Bryant is one of the best to ever do it – so the respect is there, but at the end of the day, my blood bleeds green. That leprechaun is gonna make his way through the Staples Center and bring the championship home. We just sent out the track. My man Jeff 2x blasted it out to all his deejays up in Boston – shout out to Chubby Chub and Moe Dee and all the deejays up in Boston and everything.”

When it comes to how the song will impact the play-off’s, Zno already has the strategy worked out. “Three things can happen: One, the Celtics can win tonight and I think the song’ll definitely get a lot of legs for the next month or so. Two, the Celtics could lose and it goes to Game 7, meaning that the song could at least get some legs till Thursday. Three, Thursday Game 7 can come, we can lose, and that would kind of put the song to bed. We’ll wait and see how it plays out.”

Ballin’ with the Celtics:

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