{"id":681688,"date":"2026-06-03T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681688\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:56:08","slug":"britell-nas-help-tell-the-story-of-the-nba-finals-with-spot-debuting-wednesday-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681688\/","title":{"rendered":"Britell, Nas help tell the story of the NBA Finals with spot debuting Wednesday :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 The NBA brought in Grammy-winning rap icon Nas and three-time Emmy-winning composer Nicholas Britell to help tell the tale of this season&#8217;s NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>The league debuted a new spot \u2014 \u201cHistory is Calling\u201d \u2014 promoting the Finals early Wednesday, hours before the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks were set to begin this year&#8217;s title series.<\/p>\n<p>Britell \u2014 the composer known for \u201cSuccession,\u201d \u201cMoonlight\u201d and \u201cAndor\u201d \u2014 envisioned a piece that, the league said, \u201cdraws inspiration from the emotional progression of basketball, from anticipation and momentum shifts to the defining moments that shape outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nas provides the voice, with nods to the 80-year history of the league and what it takes to get to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirty teams start this journey, but only two are left standing,\u201d Nas begins. \u201cThe math is simple. The quest, anything but. This isn&#8217;t just a series. This is legacy. Everything&#8217;s on the line, because history is calling. This is the NBA Finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NBA said Britell&#8217;s score \u201cmarks the first expression of the league\u2019s new signature audio identity,\u201d and that Britell and Nas will have an expanded partnership with the league going forward.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 The NBA brought in Grammy-winning rap icon Nas and three-time Emmy-winning composer Nicholas Britell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[174498,160359,2724,355,99],"class_list":["post-681688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ap-entertainment","tag-ap-sports","tag-associated-press","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}