For all of you millennial basketball fans out there, “Raise the Roof” was a 1998 single by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luke Skyywalker, and it was a gesture basketball players used to make after executing an exciting play. Think of it as the precursor to more modern on-court celebrations like James Harden stirring the pot, which was also arguably inspired by a rap song/video.
Late in the first quarter on Friday night, LeBron James decided to go ahead and make our week (and subsequently make us feel old) by raising the roof after this filthy dunk against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
