Ja Morant has to finish a counseling program after he flashed a gun throughout an Instagram Dwell video. 

The Memphis Grizzlies guard additionally allegedly received into an altercation with an adolescent throughout a pickup basketball sport. 

Throughout an interview with Barstool Sports activities, Patrick Beverley stated that Morant’s troubles are due to hip-hop. 

“Misplaced his thoughts. Parenting, parenting,” Beverley instructed Barstool Sports activities earlier this week earlier than pivoting to Morant’s environment.

Beverly additionally prompt that fame is guilty.  

“Fame combined with success combined with a ton of cash combined with a ton of freedom within the unsuitable fingers, it’s not poster,” Beverley stated.

Beverley added, “I believe music has lots to do with this now. Particularly with this tradition. Everybody holding a gun within the video is okay. You already know, bling in your enamel is okay. Pants half down your ass, that’s okay. So, that’s okay now. Again within the day, there was a motherf—er on the seaside in a silk shirt speaking about some ‘Yeah child, let’s celebration like we’re within the 80s.’ All people had on silk shirts, and all people was dressed the identical. It’s only a product of what we take heed to. 

“The tradition now could be ‘shoot them up, bang bang, bang bang shoot them up, bend you over, I received this quantity cash, I’m on personal jets,’ That’s what the youthful era is. Sadly to say, it needs to be based mostly on our music, however it’s principally based mostly on what we take heed to, and that’s how it’s. Eminem come out, and Eminem was rapping, ‘Palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy,’ he had on a hoodie. All people again then had on a hoodie and massive denims. If Eminem would’ve got here out like, ‘Yeah I carry pipes, I carry straps, I received 12 weapons,’ each White child in America would’ve had a f—ing gun on them again then.”