On Saturday Vanessa published images showing how various people are honoring Kobe on his birthday. She published photos of flowers, home cooking and messages composed in the sand.
Nike has produced its own tribute on video, narrated by Kendrick Lamar, and its both motivating and psychological. It talks to the legacy Kobe left.
Nike is dubbing this week “Mamba Week,” and today is “Mamba Day.” Nike is donating $1 million to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, in addition to a guarantee to support the Mamba League.
As for the Lakers, well they have a championship game Monday versus the Portland Trail Blazers, and theyll wear their “Black Mamba” uniforms.
Kobe Bryant would have turned 42 Sunday … and theres literally a worldwide celebration of his life on TV, online and on walls throughout the world.
Murals honoring Kobe have actually turned up all over the globe, especially in the home town of the Lakers … in downtown L.A. near the Convention Center, as well as the Shoe Palace in the Fairfax District, a super-large mural in the San Fernando Valley … and on and on.
The method it breaks down … 331 murals around the world. There are 208 in SoCal, 267 in the U.S. and 64 worldwide.
One mural in mid-City pays homage to Kobe, his daughter Gianna and the 7 others who perished in the helicopter crash last January.
Vanessa Bryant published a unfortunate and caring message about just how much she misses Kobe and Gigi and how she wishes she could commemorate his wedding day.
