Rafer “Skip to My Lou” Alston joins Will Gates and Arthur Agee on the premiere episode of Hoop Dreams The Podcast. The guys chop it up with the streetball and NBA legend about coming up in Queens, New York, some of his high school alumni (a couple names might ring a bell), why LL Cool J is his favourite rapper and how he earned his nickname and how he kept it. They dive deep into the business of AND 1 and the birth of the AND 1 mix tape tour and how he ended up on the cover of SLAM. Rafer chronicles his journey from New York to Fresno to the NBA Finals with the Orlando Magic and talks about his college days playing for legendary coach Jerry Tarkanian. Sit back and listen to the man who took the streetball game to main street and influenced a generation of point gods.