3. NBA All-Star Weekend in NYC

If hip-hop and the NBA ever pick a perfect time to cross it is during the NBA All-Star Weekend. History shows that players and artists link up for this star studded weekend and enjoys all the festivities from the celebrity game to the dunk contest to big game. With this year’s midseason session occurring in the birthplace of hip-hop and which houses Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center, who knows what Jay Z, Fabolous, 50 Cent, Nas and the rest of New York have up their sleeves.