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For a majority of my life, I hated it when someone—be it a friend, relative, peer, or stranger in the street—came up to me and said, "Hey, you look like so-and-so." I'm half-Asian, and at this point in my life, I've gotten every "You look like *insert any notable Asian/Hispanic person here*" imaginable. At its core, doppelgangers are a socially acceptable form racial profiling, but nobody cares because, hey, they're fun.
Now, in my advanced age where I look like Jeremy Lin in the winter and Luis Suarez in the summer, I embrace the banter. I love those two athletes. Wearing the jersey for either one is a strange experience when I'm out in public. But whatever. After all, letting the shit spewed at you from middle school bother you in adulthood is petty and lame. And anyway, I'm making way more of myself than Spencer Frey from Mr. Terrenzi's 8th grade Science glass. NO I DO NOT LOOK LIKE JACKIE CHAN YOU PASTY-LOOKING CHILD.
Would Reggie Jackson and Bobby Shmurda get tight if they found out that they were likely separated at birth? What about Richard Sherman and Busta Rhymes? Considering how athletes want to be rappers and rappers want to be athletes (a time tested adage that gets realer and realer with every Drake sighting), those who have solid doppelgangers are likely flattered by this Gallery: Athletes and Their Rapper Doppelgangers.
2.Anquan Boldin and RZA
A spitting image.
4.Robert Griffin III and Meek Mill
Let's see if either one can get hot again in 2014.
6.Richard Sherman and Busta Rhymes
Considering Richard Sherman's verbal takedown of Skip Bayless, he might want to consider ghost writing for Busta.
7.Aaron Lennon and Drake
Aaron Lennon only scored one goal in 26 Premiership starts last year. Comeback season, anyone?
8.Brian Wilson and Matisyahu
What a difference a beard can make.
9.Reggie Jackson and Bobby Shmurda
WELP.
10.Jamaal Anderson and Ludacris
Oh look, two famous people from Atlanta who nobody takes seriously.
12.Chris Bosh and Snoop Dogg
In another lifetime, Snoop Dogg would get all those “Chris Bosh looks like a dinosaur” jokes.
13.Richie Incognito and Yung Lean
“Do me, I'mma do me, I'mma make her mine, I'mma make her mine”—Yung Incognito.
14.Shannon Brown and Chris Brown
Back when Shannon Brown and Chris Brown were both L.A. residents, everyone thought they were the same person.
15.Nick Young and Nick Cannon
If these two swapped wifies, who would have it better? Cannon with Iggy or Swaggy P with Mariah Carey?
16.Mickaël Piétrus and Jay Electronica
Mickaël Piétrus has more Finals appearances than Jay Electronica has albums. Fix that, world.
17.Robert Horry and Will Smith
Big Shot Rob or Will Smith in Independence Day?
18.Quincy Acy and Smack White
If you don't know who either of these guys are, that's okay. Continue on with life.
19.Jason Williams and Eminem
Things are better now that white boys don't dress like Slim Shady anymore.
20.Scott Brooks and Liam Neeson
To quote Liam Neeson in Taken 2: “Can we just talk about basketball?!” Watch for your job, Scott Brooks. Neeson's coming to take KD.
21.Kevin Martin and Jay Sean
The United Kingdom and the Minnesota Timberwolves would probably trade these two for each other. Nobody would notice, or care, really.
22.Tim Howard and Common
It's taken us too long to make this connection.