O'Neal, Shaquille (1972- ), American basketball player, considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. A dominating post player (center), the 7-ft, 1-in O'Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to three consecutive NBA titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Shaq, as he is often called, was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended high school in San Antonio, Texas, where he led the school team to the state championship. O'Neal …showed first 75 words of 529 total…

…showed last 75 words of 529 total…parallel career as a popular music and movie star. In 1993 he released Shaq Diesel, a bestselling rap album. The following year O'Neal acted in the motion picture Blue Chips. That same year he issued a second rap album, Shaq Fu--Da Return, along with a related video game in which he stars as a kung fu warrior. Other entertainment projects by O'Neal include the album Respect (1998) and the movies Kazaam (1996), He Got Game (1998), and The Wash (2001).