As he came out of a restaurant with his wife, Kelis, Nas was approached by a TMZ.com crew. The rapper sided with Shaq’s rap against Kobe Bryant and jumped straight at No. 24’s throat.

“Shaq is my man, fuck Kobe,” he said. “Shaq is my man. Big up to Shaq.”

These are no new feelings for Nas. He has dissed Bryant before. In a song called “These Our Are Heroes (Coon Picnic),” the rapper called out Kobe:

Uh, Massa used to breed us to be bigger to go play
Athletes of today in the NBA, make me proud
But there’s somethin’ they don’t say
Keep gettin’ accused for abusin’ White pussay
From OJ to Kobe, uh let’s call him Tobe
First he played his life cool just like Michael
Now he rock ice too just like I do
Yo, you can’t do better than that?
The hotel clerk who adjusts the bathroom mat?
Now you lose sponsorships that you thought had your back
Yeah, you beat the rap jiggaboo, fake nigga you
You turn around then you shit on Shaq

Meanwhile, Shaq said he loves Kobe and this wacky-ass wannabe MC puts Diesel down in the funniest way. Well, it’s pretty funny until he starts rapping. Then it’s pretty bogus.