Ja Rule still feeling the "amazing energy" from the Knicks title

Here with Ja Rule, legendary New York rapper at the Swaggavance Invitational. Here to correct me because I almost had it wrong. Swaggavance. Swaggavance. I know you like that name. You got to play out on the course today. Now you've played here at Edgewater before. What did you think of the course here today? Lovely man. The course was always in great condition but today the greens was at like a 13 and a half stint and so it was really, really fast. Kind of like hitting the ball on these wood floors right here. You know what I'm talking about. That's not good when you want to race too fast. It makes it a little bit tough but it was fun man. And then Billy, Mr. Swagger himself, he made it diabolical by putting the pin positions in places where it's very, very hard to hit. So it was tough today but it was a lot of fun. So let me ask you this. As somebody, you know, you love sports. I know you also obviously love hip hop as much. Hip hop and golf usually not linked together. You usually don't see that. And this event that was here today is to try to expand the game to other communities, communities that don't usually get to play golf. How important is that and when did you start playing? Oh well, first, to answer your first question, it's very important, you know, that our communities, minority communities pick up the good game of golf and experience, you know, what it's like, you know, for many reasons. You know, competitive, you know, reasons, health reasons, you know, mental health reasons. Golf is very, you know, good for all those things, you know, it's very therapeutic. So, you know, I'm happy that, you know, people in our community are starting to pick up clubs and get out there and golf a little bit more. And what was the second question? The second question I asked, which I was really curious about, when did you start playing? Oh, I started playing during COVID. I'm a COVID golfer. Yeah, I started. What got you into it? Was it that there was nothing to do? There was nowhere to go, nothing to do. You know, I was tired of hanging out by my pool, getting drunk with the misses every day, you know. So, you know, I decided to venture out and the only things that was really open was the golf courses and so, yeah. So, talk to me about your, where's your game at now? Because we're talking, what is that, six years we're talking now since COVID? So, where's your game at right now? Five years. I'm about a 15 handicap. Okay. So, I'm decent. So, y'all rules decent on these courses. I'm, listen, this is, I'm on a mission, okay. A mission to? A mission to become a scratch golfer. So, this is my journey to becoming a scratch golfer. I'm on my way. I just got my simulator built in my theater, well, it was my theater room, but now it's my simulator room. So, I'm going to, yeah, by next year we'll have a different conversation about my simulator. So, this is serious for you. You're trying to improve that game there. You know, I don't like to do nothing bad. You know what I'm saying? So, I want to, you know, if I'm going to do something, I'm going to be good at it. So, yeah. So, golf is the same thing. So, I got to ask you this, your legendary song, New York, with Jadakiss, with Fat Joe, that has sort of become synonymous with the Knicks winning this year. All New York teams. All New York teams. That's where we go for everybody. Is that, that is the anthem for all New York? All New York teams. New York, Knicks, the New York Liberty, the New York Yankees, the Mets, the Jets, the Giants, Islanders, the Rangers, whatever. Yes, everybody. What was it like for you? Because I've seen you perform at the guard in different places. What was it like for you to see the Knicks win this year? Amazing. You know, big shout out to the New York Knicks and the whole franchise, the whole staff, you know, the guys in the office back there, everybody, man, you know, Worldwide West and everybody that was involved with putting together that team. Where were you for game five and what was it like for you as a native New Yorker to see the Knicks win for the first time in 53 years? It was amazing. You know, I was, I was, I was at the parade. So I got to perform at the parade. That was crazy. But just the energy of, of the Knicks winning, man. I, you know, I know Spike Lee is happy. I seen Spike the other day at, at, at Fanatics, man. He was still serving. He said, John, we did it, baby. He's still saying that. He still says, he still says, Spike, you know, big, big, big shout to Spike, man. And, and everybody that championed the Knicks, good energy this year, you know, from, from Fat Joe to Timothy Charlemagne, everybody that was there and traveled, you know, you know, Ben Stiller, you know, Tracy Morgan. So many of those fans that, that are like different, you know, deep rooted. They're like, they're like the mascots. They, they, they, the second, you know, half of the team, you know, so, so big up to them and bringing that good energy. Last thing, last thing for me, because I know you got to go and I appreciate your time. We talked to, just to bring it back to golf, because you're here at this event. You talked about how important it is to have this event, but how much do you want to see this game grow? And where do you think this game can grow and truly becoming more accessible for all kinds of people that want to play the sport? I mean, you know, it comes with interest too. You know, I think, I think, you know, did something for golf that could never be probably done again in terms of bringing people of color into the, into the game. But, but also COVID was a different type of animal and it created a movement like none other for, for golfers. And so it's, it's, it's, it's very popular. And I think women right now are really, really, you know, spearheading the next wave of new golfers. And so, you know, I'm very happy about that. I'm, I'm happy to see our, our, you know, people out there golfing, our community out there golfing. I think in the next five, 10 years, golf will be one of the, one of the biggest sports because you got to understand people play golf all across the world. It's a worldwide sport. So it's, you know, golf could be, you know, up there with, with, with soccer and how people play the sport and how it's grown. Yeah. We see it growing. We just saw how big the world cup was. Ja, I appreciate you, man. I got to see you at the garden soon. Hopefully I'll see you at the garden, New York, New York. Be there soon, man. You know, big shout out to everybody, man. All my Knick fans, all my Knick homies, man. Everybody in the garden, man. I know I'll see y'all soon. There you go. Dexter Henry, Ja Rule. Peace.