O.J. Mayo is the Fresh Prince of Los Angeles according to SLAM Magazine, as he will be featured on the cover of SLAM issue 112. While the article focuses on Mayo’s potential, his background and what makes him tick, Slam’s Ryan Jones gives a breakdown of why O.J. Mayo was chosen for the cover, among other things.
OJ Mayo’s story combines the all-too-familiar cliche of the young black ballplayer — poor, single-parent household, etc and so forth — with almost unparalleled levels of media hype and a run of image-shaping circumstances that’s almost too strange to believe.
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Comment by joshua — September 18, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
MAYO… YOUR MY BOY!!
Comment by CeeCee — September 20, 2007 @ 10:17 pm
just got my slam a couple days ago….i love it! oj is the man…even though he didnt speak to me at the mcdonald all-amercan game! i still got love fa you oj!
Comment by bfears12 — September 23, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Wats up OJ Mayo you my hommy I wuz wit ya the hold NBA draft Y@ d19 and you my favorite player always
D.Brown Y@ D19!!!!!!!!!!1
Comment by D.Brown — October 31, 2008 @ 6:49 am
Orange Juice Mayonnaise
Comment by Wilson — June 14, 2009 @ 6:22 pm