Lebron James won Best Male Athlete of the Year at the 2016 ESPN Espy Awards on July 13th. Upon accepting his award from former teammate Dwayne Wade, the NBA star entered the stage to Christon Gray’s “Stop Me.”
The song also played during the cycling of the nominees which included James, Steph Curry, Bryce Harper, and Cam Newton.
James thanked the “man above” for giving him his “God given abilities.”
Watch James’ acceptance speech below:
Christon Gray has been no stranger to the NBA as he most recently provided a NBA finals rap recap of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. Watch that here.
“Stop Me” was also used during a three point warmup of Curry on ESPN.
Listen to “Stop Me” below: