There are those famous enough to be known by a single name. People like Shaq, Madonna, Houdini and Shakespeare.

Add Kobe to that list. His full name is actually Kobe Bean Bryant but the mere mention of his first name will associate anyone to the LA Lakers superstar guard.

Why, he’s even more famous than his namesake, the prime Kobe beef that I wonder why he would even need a nickname.

Yes, he has one. It’s “The Black Mamba”. And it was Kobe who gave it to himself.

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