LeBron James and Steph Curry's dominance fuels TikTok trend - ESPN

AS LEBRON JAMES crept up on 50,000 points — a scoring mark no one else in the NBA has ever achieved — Vincent Jordan, who goes by the stage name of OkaySpade, knew it was time to get started.

The thought of creating a song to commemorate the occasion had already been swirling in Jordan's mind. He surfed YouTube for a beat before discovering one posted nearly two years ago that seemed perfect for the track he wanted to make.

Jordan listened to it twice and made up his mind.

«Finna make a LeBron James tribute [right now],» Jordan commented under the YouTube video of the beat.

It took Jordan no more than 10 minutes to record the song. The chorus, «LeBron, LeBron, LeBron James,» took him only two takes. He harmonized and matched the chords that are sung in E-flat. Then he incorporated a falsetto layer of «LeBron James» lyrics to establish a melody.

«I didn't do too much editing. I still wanted it to be raw because it's a comedic song,» Jordan said. «I really could've put more into it, but I didn't. And I'm kind of glad that I didn't, because at the end of the day, it kind of has a feeling of something I made at home.… [It's] something that's real simple, and I like it. It's not complex.»

ONCE JAMES SET the NBA scoring record March 4 against the New Orleans Pelicans, Jordan let his friends listen to the song he aptly titled «Reigning in LA (LeBron James Anthem).» With their encouragement, he hit the post button on TikTok and went on with his day.

When Jordan posted the 35-second snippet of his song, he had only 100 followers. He woke up the next morning to thousands of notifications.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared McCain, a popular influencer on the social media platform, commented under the post: «This fire.»

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