For a majority of my life, I hated it when someone—be it a friend, relative, peer, or stranger in the street—came up to me and said, "Hey, you look like so-and-so." I'm half-Asian, and at this point in my life, I've gotten every "You look like *insert any notable Asian/Hispanic person here*" imaginable. At its core, doppelgangers are a socially acceptable form racial profiling, but nobody cares because, hey, they're fun.
Now, in my advanced age where I look like Jeremy Lin in the winter and Luis Suarez in the summer, I embrace the banter. I love those two athletes. Wearing the jersey for either one is a strange experience when I'm out in public. But whatever. After all, letting the shit spewed at you from middle school bother you in adulthood is petty and lame. And anyway, I'm making way more of myself than Spencer Frey from Mr. Terrenzi's 8th grade Science glass. NO I DO NOT LOOK LIKE JACKIE CHAN YOU PASTY-LOOKING CHILD.
Would Reggie Jackson and Bobby Shmurda get tight if they found out that they were likely separated at birth? What about Richard Sherman and Busta Rhymes? Considering how athletes want to be rappers and rappers want to be athletes (a time tested adage that gets realer and realer with every Drake sighting), those who have solid doppelgangers are likely flattered by this Gallery: Athletes and Their Rapper Doppelgangers.
1. Anquan Boldin and RZA
2. Gary Payton and DMX
3. Robert Griffin III and Meek Mill
4. Russell Okung and Maseo
5. Richard Sherman and Busta Rhymes
6. Aaron Lennon and Drake
7. Brian Wilson and Matisyahu
8. Reggie Jackson and Bobby Shmurda
9. Jamaal Anderson and Ludacris
10. Aldon Smith and Danny Brown
11. Chris Bosh and Snoop Dogg
12. Richie Incognito and Yung Lean
13. Shannon Brown and Chris Brown
14. Nick Young and Nick Cannon
15. Mickaël Piétrus and Jay Electronica
16. Robert Horry and Will Smith
17. Quincy Acy and Smack White
18. Jason Williams and Eminem
19. Scott Brooks and Liam Neeson
20. Kevin Martin and Jay Sean
21. Tim Howard and Common
