I'm not sure I'd agree with that. I like a small amount of Royce da 5'9'' but I don't think I'd want his music on my hockey
or basketball games. And I personally wouldn't mind hearing Atmosphere on an NHL game. Not to disagree completely, but I think it'd almost be irresponsible for gaming titles to cater only to sport stereotypes. I don't want to only hear summer pop punk when playing baseball. I don't only want nu-rock when I play hockey and I certainly don't only want to hear Drake and friends when I play basketball.
It's a funny topic of course, because there's no way a game's musical selection will please everyone. I suppose I'm just saying that I disagree that hip-hop
has to be
the culture of basketball. It's different for everyone. It's actually one of the things I used to love about the Tony Hawk soundtrack: System of a Down, Audio Two, Johnny Cash, Aesop Rock, Public Enemy, Nas, Sublime, Atmosphere, Anthrax. . .it didn't allow itself to be pigeonholed into what the masses perceived skate culture to be. I'm thankful 2K basketball has done the same.