November 15, 2024

Former Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan hoping for meeting with hip-hop namesake

“I would definitely love to meet him, come to the game, and support him and be the uncle, that he never knew. That’s what it’s about: I’m ‘Uncle Chef’ now.” Wu-Tang Clan’s Corey “Raekwon” Woods on former Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan via James Walker, ESPN While his play at Ohio State certainly earned him some notoriety, Raekwon McMillan finally has gotten some attention from the man he was named after. Two weeks ago McMillan was taken in the second round of the NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, and that resulted in the hip-hop artist learning of his namsake. The linebacker was named after Raekwon from the Wu-Tang Clan, and the hip-hop icon is honored to have such an effect on somebody that it led to them naming their child after him. McMillan isn’t the only Raekwon out there though, as according to the Social Security Administration 1,459 documented…

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