He also tasted infamy for punching a team equipment manager in 2016, breaking his hand and earning a suspension in the process. By December, when Blueface signed a distribution deal for his first mixtape, "Famous Cryp," with Entertainment One Records, it was already notching between 5 and 7 million streams a week,. -- Melissa Isaacson, "For the millions of people who admire her, she is somebody who is actually worth the admiration. Don't bet too heavily on either, though. Known as "Super Dan," he's a two-time Olympic gold medalist and is still ranked in the top 10 in the world. Mickelson isn't just wealthy for an athlete. That's James' career arc in his home state of Ohio. -- Ian Chadband, "Lions, they don't compare themselves with humans." pseudonym, includes guest appearances by Lil Wayne, Jamie Foxx and Juvenile. 1 on this list. Her teammates have come to her defense: Abby Wambach told ESPN in 2015 that Solo "was turned into the villain" because, perhaps, "a villain was what the team needed. -- Nigel Mansell, racing legend. -- Dotun Akintoye, "You can't say, 'I'll sell Silva and buy a similar player.' The world's 13 biggest soccer transfers have involved creative attackers. Johnson appeared as himself, along with Jeff Gordon, in the 2005 movie "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and had a cameo as a pilot in the 2016 music video for The Avett Brothers' "Ain't No Man." -- Day. Just as gracefully as he took on the mantle, he left the limelight after having captained India's national cricket team for 199 ODIs and 72 T20s. He led the first-year Gujarat Lions to the 2016 Indian Premier League playoffs, and in the process, he became the first Indian cricketer to score 6,000 T20 runs. She has won 24 WTA singles titles and more than $23 million in her career. -- Thomas Neumann, "I don't play the sport for fame. So I always try to downplay it and be like that cat that was allowed to get away from it Yo man, once Nickelodeon called I locked in. Its almost impossible to be in Southern California and not know who Big Boy is. Newton knows how to turn heads with his sartorial choices -- especially at postgame news conferences. That's where his focus is, not on money or endorsements." -- Elaine Teng, "I think they [Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei] are irreplaceable, now or in future. Two hundred and fifty-plus and counting. A four-time NBA scoring champion, his move from the Thunder to the Warriors sent shockwaves through the basketball world. Newton is a quarterback in the body of a linebacker, the likes of which pro football hasn't seen before. That is not a crime to be a gang member it's what you do as a gang member, that's when you get conspiracy charges and racketeering and all that. They kicked my a** really well. -- Murray, after winning the 2009 Queen's Club Championships in London. -- Surez, in his autobiography. It's unacceptable!" -- Gianluigi Buffon, legendary Italian keeper. -- John Obi Mikel, a former teammate. The ultimate sweeper-keeper, he's as good with his feet as with his hands. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. While the move left some fans in Oklahoma jilted, Durant's overall popularity remains massive. -- Thomas Neumann, "I never really set out to change the game. -- Aishwarya Kumar, "I was not going to feel sorry for myself. He looks the kind of humble personality on the pitch, ready to work for the team and to work and to adapt himself to a new life." Not bad for a player in his career twilight. Which California rapper has donated the most money to charity? Ben Alamar, ESPN's director of analytics, devised a formula that combines endorsements with social media following and internet search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings. -- Silva. -- Dana White, UFC president. Lionel Messi, an athlete as famous and revered as any in sports, was voted the greatest sportsman in the world in a survey by the BBC and Channel 4. New York City rap group The Diplomats, commonly called Dipset, have all been long-rumored to be affiliated with the red bandana-waving Bloods. Her playing career, however, has sputtered -- a concussion-causing slip in the locker room at the 2015 US Open didn't help matters -- and she has dropped out of the WTA top 50 after peaking at No. Either way, it should be exciting to find out more about the electric Manchester City winger who at 22 is already the most expensive English player of all time, having moved from Liverpool for 49 million. -- Massa, after announcing his retirement, which turned out to be temporary, last year. -- Elaine Teng, "Gtze is a miracle boy, a boy wonder. -- Carlos Queiroz, former Real Madrid and Portugal manager. I woke up in jail," Brolin said. Yet, of course, he's much more than that, someone whose midfield industry and intelligence enabled him to take over from the incomparable Xavi so seamlessly after his signing from Sevilla that he was key in helping Barca to the Champions League/La Liga/Copa del Rey treble in his first season in 2014-15 and a Liga/Copa double the next. When Bayern Munich refused to raise Kroos' salary in 2014 to match those of more established stars like Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm, he simply shrugged his shoulders and left. His eight-year deal with the shoe company is worth more than 100 crore rupees (approximately $15 million US), the largest ever for an Indian athlete. For our fourth annual World Fame 100, we bring you each athlete's most searched moment worldwide, as measured by Google Trends. -- Philipp Lahm, former Bayern Munich and Germany teammate. Sinatra was called to testify in court when he was suspected of potentially running millions of dollars between Lucky Luciano and Al Capone's bodyguards, the Fischettis. After his inexplicably flat season following his coronation as 2014-15 PFA Player of the Year, he has soared to fresh heights again, making redundant all the old jokes about the difficulty of naming a famous Belgian. -- Thomas Neumann, "It's been an amazing week, and I'm going to enjoy it for the rest of my life." Despite that, he might be only the second-most famous person in his household since marrying singer/actress Ciara last year. The 28-year-old's star is still very much on the rise after he led the NBA in scoring and became the first player to average a triple-double for an entire season since Oscar Robertson did it 55 years ago. zil's arsenal is that of guile, subtlety, technique and preternatural vision and timing -- no wonder, in the superkinetic EPL, he's underappreciated. Funny, that's exactly what Celtic defender Mikael Lustig said, unimpressed by Neymar's diving in a Champions League game. (You can find the 2016 World Fame 100 here.) They named a pie after him -- a yummy spicy jerk chicken and porter ale pastry -- at Arsenal's favorite local pie emporium to inspire him before the 2015 FA Cup final. "Glory, glory, hallelujah, he's Gabriel Jesus," they'd sing. Bouchard shot to stardom in 2014, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and French Open before going a step further at Wimbledon and becoming the first Canadian woman to play in a Grand Slam final. In July 2014, Breezy posted several references to the gang on Instagram and during his shows, reportedTMZ. And they love him for it. Now the linchpin of Real Madrid's midfield, Kroos was a role model for Manchester United legend Paul Scholes, who said, "When I neared the end of my career, I followed him closely and tried to play like Kroos." Fowler and three other pro golfers, Ben Crane, Bubba Watson and Hunter Mahan, danced and sang in a faux boy band called Golf Boys for the music video "Oh Oh Oh," which has received close to 8 million views on YouTube. I quite like them. After Howard departed the Lakers for the Rockets as a free agent in 2013, former teammate Kobe Bryant created headlines by unfollowing him on Twitter. Matthias Sammer called him "one of the greatest talents we have ever had," Felix Magath said he was a "once-in-a-century talent," and Pep Guardiola, when he became Bayern Munich's manager, put Gtze at the top of his wish list. ", He toldThe Guardian that at one point, he was facing multiple potential death penalty sentences. -- Jim Caple, "I am a little bit more famous now, but I don't have changes in my life. I did hit him in the head with a rock. But she hasn't broken through in a Grand Slam, despite eight trips to the quarterfinals or beyond, including losses in the 2009 and 2014 US Open finals. I make mistakes all the time. Beyond the bright colors, street cred, and cash, there's often a dark underbelly of drugs, violence, and fierce rivalries, and gang allegiances have been rumored to be behind the untimely death of some stars. He will be the first NBA player to visit the league's new developmental academy in Delhi, and he also plans to visit the Taj Mahal. Update: Dive into the best new hip hop with our list of 2020's top rap songs. He can play any position up front. -- Thomas Neumann, "I always feel like I'm the best player in the world, and I always expect to contend." -- Mourinho, Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey/NurPhoto via Getty Images, Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for The Laver Cup, Scott Halleran/PGA of America via Getty Images, Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images, Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Leisure Opportunities, David Becker/Getty Images for Wynn Las Vegas, Mike Aguilera/ SeaWorld San Diego via Getty Images, Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images, Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images, Valeriano Di Domenico/FIFA via Getty Images, Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via ZUMA Press, Mike Ehrmann/PGA of America via Getty Images, Alexander Hassenstein/UEFA via Getty Images, Kevin Mazur/KCSports2016/WireImage/Getty Images, Eamonn And James Clarke/PA Wire via ZUMA Press. 6ix9ine has faced a slew of trouble throughout his brief career due to his gang affiliations and criminal history. If I stopped playing basketball now, I'll be all right. Ah, bless. Watt is one of the most feared players in the NFL, a sack-happy defensive end whose size, strength and quickness create matchup problems for even the most adept offenses. -- Johan Cruyff, late soccer legend. } Richard Williams - tennis coach. According toTMZ, Crip members began to threaten her on Instagram. He set the bar high in that Sunday night game against the Cowboys, reeling in a 43-yard touchdown catch behind his head with one hand while fully extended, leaning backward and tip-toeing along the sideline. Rolling Stone obtained court documents that described Lil' Wayne, Young Thug, and Birdman as members of the gang and alleged that Jimmy Carlton Winfrey who served as Young Thug's tour manager . But you have to admit, the beard is glorious indeed. I'm the managing director of carrots!" I've seen a lot of players come through. Paraded with grand fanfare after winning the Golden Boot for his six World Cup goals, including the extraordinary chest-and-swivel volley that won him the Puskas Award for best of the year, it's all rather gone downhill with the man who's named after James Bond looking grumpily shaken and stirred by his lack of playing time. I think that makes you tougher. Beckham is as exciting as any player in the NFL, a shape-shifting receiver who vaulted himself to stardom in the blink of an eye with an inexplicable, one-handed catch as a rookie in 2014. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. And he continued to bolster his fame this year when he won the 2017 Australian Open, becoming at age 35 the oldest man to win the event since Ken Rosewall in 1972. Click on "Watch later" to put videos here. At the urging of Phil Mickelson and Jim "Bones" Mackay, Mickelson's caddie, Rose wore his Olympic medal while putting out on the final hole at The Barclays tournament last August, drawing cheers from the crowd. When Luiz tearfully apologized to "all the Brazilian people" for a 7-1 humiliation against Germany in the World Cup semifinal, the nation was touched. On his day, zil is a portrait of the artist as a footballer. We didn't have a lot of money, so we all learned to respect money and understood its real value." I know he's always able to decide a match." One of those gang members was Raul Ramos. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". -- Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian batsman. "By 10th grade, you start to know people from the different neighborhoods. Famous people who have been members of the Bloods or Crips gangs include rappers Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne and actor and rapper Ice-T. Brees and wife Brittany have been active in charitable endeavors, including rebuilding efforts after Katrina and assistance for cancer patients. "After the Cinco de Mayo riots at San Quentin, in 1968, they said I threw a rock and hit the lieutenant in the head, but you know what? The bewilderingly brilliant Brazilian keeps wooing us with tales of the wholly improbable. But the timing of the launch -- shortly after Pogba had endured a bit of a stinker in the big match against Liverpool -- was all a bit nickel and dime.-- Ian Chadband, "I am scared about the level of envy coming in. "It was simple retaliation: you mess with one of ours, we will mess with one of yours. The indictment cited an alleged threat Winfrey made in Young Thug's "Halftime" video, in which Winfrey can be seen holding a weapon similar to that used in the shooting. "People around me happen to be around more Bloods than anything else, so they assume that's what I'm doing. He toldThe AV Club, "You're either with them or without them. The debate still rages about exactly how good the teenage phenom ever really did become, but Rooney, with his panoply of special goals and never-say-die attitude, is, according to Leo Messi, "the great English player of the generation. "I never got into it and I never died from it, which is a good thing. You haven't really accomplished a thing until rappers start naming songs after you, an accolade Silva earned in 2016 with the Dave and AJ Tracey track "Thiago Silva." Mexico was proud of him when he became the trailblazer who went to United; it turned on him when he spurned the Olympic team; and now it has fallen in love all over again with the man who in March equaled the national team record with his 46th international goal. Lillard was unanimously named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2013, beating out No. Since the formation of the Crips in the late 1960s the organization has grown to more than 800 active sets in the United States. That determination -- might we even say pigheadedness -- defined his illustrious career with Bayern Munich and later Manchester United. The American swimmer has won 12 medals in four Olympics, including six golds, but he was often overshadowed by the great Michael Phelps in the pool. And that was kinda the thing Actually, if anything I was always trying to get away from it. What I wanted to do was be myself." The players were scrutinized for the trip heading into a week of postseason preparation, and, sure enough, the Giants suffered 38-13 playoff loss days later. He's not going to win another World Cup with the Chicago Fire, but he'll always have Brazil. While Wade isn't the same player who could effortlessly slash through defenses and create his own shot under almost any circumstance, he's still an immensely popular impact player at age 35. The lightning bolt that blazes across his back is a symbol of the level of dominance he brings to his team, and the toughness he shows on the court. That makes you who you are." 1 for more than 300 total weeks and has picked up four Olympic gold medals. You don't want to wear the wrong color just to cause a problem Gangs are real. You know how much your country loves you when you have millions of heartbroken fans crying, begging you to not step down as the one-day international captain. ", Member Juelz Santana also admitted to Dipset having Blood ties. ", However, he added, "I don't care where you gangbang at, it's people dying, it's young youth dying all that time. Snoop Dogg has mentioned his associations with the Crips gangin Long Beach on some of his tracks. Take the racial barrier he's broken, his decade of dominance, his swashbuckling dare-it-all style on the track, his effortless panache, and you've got Formula One's only legitimate crossover driver. -- Howard, on signing with his hometown Atlanta Hawks last year, Zetao might be as famous for his good looks as his swimming achievements, becoming a social media sensation (more than 8 million followers on China's Weibo website) in the world's most populous country and beyond. Sometimes you gotta do certain things to get higher, to get higher and higher. Outside the ring, he's been blessed with a superhero's jawline and a devoted fan base that's been following his exploits since he debuted as 15-year-old in Mexico. Schweini is supposedly soccer-loving German chancellor Angela Merkel's favorite player, and German newspaper Die Zeit ran a series of fictional love letters between the two, one of which read. 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