By- Fatima Roshni Credit- Black Enterprise
Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal, besides having a successful basketball career, is also experienced in other fields as an actor, comedian, dancer, law enforcement personnel, and many more.
Standing 7 feet 1, Shaq was the tallest guest conductor and the first ever NBA player in history to conduct an orchestra and a choir for the Boston Pops held at the Symphony Hall.
During his playing career with the Lakers and later with Miami Heat, Shaquille worked as a reserve officer for the L.A. Port Police and later as a reserve officer in Miami Beach.
During his venture of 4 NBA titles, Shaq found his interest in rapping by releasing six studio albums the most successful one of 1993, ‘Shaq Diesel' which charted at No. 25 in Billboard 100.
Like other NBA players, Shaq, during his popularity, tried to put his acting skills to the test by appearing in two Hollywood movies, 1994's Blue Chips and 1996's Kazaam in different roles.
Shaquille is also known for his dance moves after a video of him belly dancing was all over social media with 600,000 likes and showing off his robot and tumbling dance moves to Justin Bieber.
Making his first appearance in WWE in 1994, presenting Hulk Hogan, and 15 years later appearing as a guest host, his first participation was at the 3rd Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in 2016.
Besides being featured in movies, Shaquille worked as a reality TV star in the 2009 series "Shaq vs.", challenging the top athletes from all over the world in their area of sports.
As a dominant figure of his time drawing quite attention to his big physique, Shaquille got into the role of a statue, sitting in the middle of Harvard Square garnering all Bostonians' attention.
Shaquille's nature has been quite different compared to his dominant stature. While spending holidays where he is playing, the former NBA player can be seen dressed as Santa Claus.
Besides being a conductor, Shaquille is also a big man and one of the tallest stand-up comedians, and he can easily imitate Beyoncé.
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