Shaq Gives Dad A Bad Rap

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ORLANDO MAGIC CENTER Shaquille O'Neal is slam-dunking his father in a new rap song. No, not the guy in the MCI ad--that's Phillip Harrison, Shaq's stepdad. Shaq's dissing his biological father, New York social worker Joe Toney, who left the family when the 7-foot-1 all-star was something like two feet long. Shaq's new single, "Biological Didn't Bother," takes Toney to task for seeking publicity on talk shows and leaves no doubt where his loyalties lie: Phil is my dad, so don't even front / He took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father / 'Cause biological didn't bother. Toney hopes for a meeting, but Shaq's not interested. "You can't wait 22 years to say you're sorry," he says. "My question is, if I weren't a millionaire would [he] care then?"

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