Shaquille O’Nealthe man who smashed boards and who made history in the NBA and in basketball globallyleft that world in which he became a legend in June 2011. Of course, from that moment on, beyond problems with your body weight, did not stop increasing his fortune. In February of this year, he was one of the keynote speakers at the annual convention of the International Franchise Association, which took place in San Diego, United States. In front of a packed auditorium, former player of several NBA franchises acknowledged having learned from Magic Johnson. “It’s okay to be a basketball star, but at some point It’s time to think about doing business and investing”admitted in a report taking a legacy that He says he has learned from the other star in basketball history.
O’Neal is no impromptu on this: He has a master’s degree in business administration and a doctorate in education, He has become the king of the franchise. And of course, a fortune of 400 million of dollars. He owns 17 Auntie Anne’s Pretzels restaurants, invested in 9 Papa John’s restaurants and another US pizza and fast food franchise. Also, put part of his estate in 150 car washesowns 40 gyms, owns a movie theater in his native Newark, runs his own fast-food chain, and founded the Big Chicken brand of chicken sandwiches with more than 10 establishments in Las Vegas. But not everything is left to these questions: he is also a DJ.
On that other side of his multiple tasks to which we should add his role as a commentator for the TNT network in the NBA, these days is in the middle of a European tour. On Wednesday she performed at a nightclub in Ibiza. From there, she left for Croatia. After those presentations she flew to Almerìa, Spain, with her private plane because on Saturday he performed at the Dreambeach festival, from Almeria, Spain. The former center of Los Angeles and Miami Heat, among other clubs.
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In this new role, this Saturday, early Sunday, the 2.16 meter tall giant displayed a 90 minute session which began almost at 4 in the morning, compared to more than 20 thousand people who crowded in front of the main stage of the Dreambeach festival in Almería, while the screens projected images related to basketball.
This artistic reconversion began to mature in 2015. In his biography, Shaquille O’Neal admitted that with had fallen in love with the figure of the DJ when he attended a concert Public Enemy, at 14 years. Shortly after debuting in the NBA, in 1993, he released a hip-hop album, Shaq Diesel, which went platinum and climbed to number 25 on the Billboard list in the United States. Three years later, was presented at the Belgian festival Tomorrowland (one of the biggest electronic gatherings). Since then, except in times of the pandemic, she has gone up on stage to dance with her new fans. Before the current European tour, he had performed at various festivals from the United States and released tracks with established DJs like Steve Aoki. In the song, ‘Welcome to the PlayHouse’ the New Jersey giant even adds his voice to the song.
On stage in Almería, along with the NBA legend, were Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, Alesso, Brennan Heart and Illenium, among others. About to turn 50, the winner of 4 NBA rings, an Olympic Gold in Atlanta 1996 and who was called up 14 times for the All-Stars; now he usually mixes strident styles like dubstep, bass house y hip-hop. While you must keep an eye on the performance of your franchises, DJ Diesel is already preparing for his next presentation that will be at the Belgian festival Tomorrowland, where he debuted in his new role, which will take place next week. In the line up from the mega electronic gathering in Belgium alongside Shaquille O’Neal (actually, DJ Diesel) will be Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren, Lost Frequencies and Paul Kalkbrenner, Diplo, Amelie Lens, Maceo Plex, Eli Brown, Martin Garrix, Eric Prydz, Mayor Lazer, Robin Schulz, Alan Walker and Marshall.
