Found July 24, 2009 on
Seattle Times:
Ichiro, in the photo above, meets with hip hop artist Flo Rida, down on the field this afternoon during batting practice. Ichiro plays three different Flo Rida songs -- In the Ayer, Jump and Sugar -- as his intro music before each plate appearance. Flo Rida actually mentions Ichiro by name in the Jump song.
"On the Jump record, with I have out now featuring Nelly Furtado, I was like 'When I say Jump, you say I-chir-o!','' Flo Rida said.
Flo Rida actually presented Ichiro with a plaque containing the song lyrics. The two conversed in english.
"We got a chance to interract with each other,'' he said. "And he understands where I'm coming from.''
The singer said he was "very surprised'' to find out Ichiro was a huge fan of his. This was Flo Rida's first trip to Safeco Field and first time meeting Ichiro.
"Getting a chance to come here, being out here on the field, it's big for me,'' he said. "Ins...
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