Today, on what would have been Kobe Bryant’s 42nd birthday, Nike has released an ad told by Kendrick Lamar. “Kobe taught us to be better,” Kendrick says in the short clip (titled “Better: Mamba Forever”). Check it out below. Kobe Bryant died Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash. Bryant’s 13-year-old …
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