Five and a half years ago, Nils Wagner drove from his apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina, to the City of Palms Classic for a high school basketball tournament in Fort Myers, Florida — with me riding shotgun.
Wagner spent the ensuing days working like a madman. For more than 16 hours per day, he filmed future college and NBA stars, then edited the highlight clips to rap beats for his popular YouTube channel, Hoopmixtape. I wrote a story about it.
Wagner’s channel helped launch the public careers of future NBA stars including, John Wall and Kyrie Irving while they were still in their mid-teens. Hoopmixtape also introduced the masses to YouTube legends such as Aquille Carr, who never would have found fame in another era. Read more…
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