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UCLA basketball player Shareef O’Neal, the son of Shaquille O’Neal, revealed that Kobe Bryant messaged him on Sunday morning (January 26) just hours before his death.

If you don’t know, Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died on Sunday (January 26) after his helicopter crashed.

“Literally this morning you reached out to me ….😔 I love you forever unc ❤️ I love you,” Shareef posted on Twitter, sharing the screen grab of the DM he and Kobe exchanged the morning of his death.

See what Shaquille said about Kobe Bryant‘s tragic death if you missed it.

Our continued thoughts are with all of those effected by this tragedy.

Shaquille O’Neal is paying tribute to Kobe Bryant.

The 47-year-old retired basketball superstar spoke out while remembering Kobe, who sadly died in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning (January 26) along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.

“There’s no words to express the pain Im going through with this tragedy of loosing my neice Gigi & my brother @kobebryant I love u and u will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. IM SICK RIGHT NOW,” he wrote on Twitter.

Our thoughts are with Kobe and Gianna‘s loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.

READ MORE: Celebrities React to Kobe Bryant’s Tragic Death

Shaquille O’Neal told a hilarious story about Stevie Wonder that appears to play into some longstanding conspiracy theories!

Many people believe that Stevie, who has been blind since he was an infant, can actually see.

During a taping of NBA on TNT, Shaq recounted a time that he ran into Stevie in their apartment building and Stevie somehow knew it was Shaq.

“We lived in a building on Wilshire [Boulevard]. So you park your car under, the valet is down there. I’m already in the building, I’m coming through the lobby,” Shaq explained.

He continued, “The [elevator] door opens. It’s Stevie Wonder. He comes in, says ‘What’s up Shaq?’ [He] presses the button, gets off on the floor by himself and goes to his room…I went and called every person I knew and told the story.”

Hear Shaq‘s entire story below…

Shaquille O’Neal is doing a wonderful thing.

The NBA legend hosted an exclusive charity event on Wednesday (October 2) supporting the Vera Bradley and Blessings in a Backpack tour at the Oakland Elementary School in McDonough, Georgia.

The event was to raise awareness for the 13 million children in food insecure homes across America.

At the event, 771 students were given Vera Bradley school bags that included a Blessings in a Backpack weekend kit. They also enjoyed a carnival of back-to-school festivities with Shaq. 50 kids were also chosen from the school to receive a year’s worth of weekend food kits.

Over the next month, Vera Bradley and Blessings in a Backpack will work together to mobilize communities, individuals, and resources to provide new backpacks and weekend food kits for children.

In addition to backpack distribution, Vera Bradley launched a fundraising campaign in stores and at VeraBradley.com to support Blessings in a Backpack in providing children with nutritional food throughout the school year, matching funds raised up to $50,000. With a $10 donation, receive a mini backpack keychain as a thank you from Vera Bradley at www.verabradley.com/blessings.

Alexandra Daddario and Dan Reynolds walk the red carpet while attending the 2019 Tyler Robinson Foundation Rise Up Gala on Friday (September 6) at the Wynn in Las Vegas.

Dan was joined at the event by his Imagine Dragons bandmates and other celebs there included Shaquille O’Neal, The Amazing Race‘s Jaymes Vaughan, and actor Oliver Trevena, who hosted the festivities.

The mission of The Tyler Robinson Foundation is to strengthen families financially and emotionally as they cope with the tragedy of a pediatric cancer diagnosis by offsetting out-of-pocket life expenses.

Dan took to Instagram the next day and said, “you raised 3.2 million dollars last night for pediatric cancer families @trfdotorg. how about that to brighten your day amidst the constant onslaught of sad things! and a few cancer warriors dancing to top it off!”

Kate Upton, Hannah Jeter and Shaquille O’Neal are partying!

The stars were all in attendance together at T-Mobile’s Derby After Dark party on Tuesday (July 8) at the FWD Day + Nightclub ahead of the 2019 MLB All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio.

The event was hosted by Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor, and featured performances from Shaq and DJ Irie.

NFL player Travis Kelce and MLB stars Alex Bregman and Pete Alonso were also in attendance.

During the party, Kate spoke about being excited to cheer on her husband, Justin Verlander, during the game and being Lizzo‘s biggest fan.

In celebration of All-Star week, T-Mobile provided a $642,000 donation to Little League, a Home Run Derby Bracket Challenge and more. Get the details!

Shaquille O’Neal‘s son, Shareef O’Neal, “could’ve died” due to a heart condition according to his mother, Shaunie O’Neal on Wednesday night’s (June 19) episode of Basketball Wives.

The 19-year-old UCLA sophomore forward missed last season after being diagnosed with a right anomalous coronary artery, according to his mom, which can cause “chest pain, heart failure or even sudden cardiac death” if left undiagnosed.

He had open-heart surgery in October to correct the abnormality.

“[It's] an artery that just grows in the wrong place. He was born with it. He could’ve died from it. They let us know Shareef needed open-heart surgery. That made my heart break,” she revealed on the show.

He was cleared to return to play basketball in late March, and returned to team workouts in May.

“This is definitely the hardest thing we’ve ever had to face in our lives,” Shaunie said.