A statue honoring Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna was unveiled in a private ceremony outside Crypto.com Arena. READ MORE: abc7.com/post/...
@@georgeblackwell4670 I know right like instead of showing love for this amazing work and for love and his daughter and all the rest of the people that lost their lives. It looks identical to Gigi and Kobe, has Kobe’s beard he’s been rocking for a long time and hoodie he wears and Gigi smile and it’s a beautiful thing to see. God bless ❤️🙏
Sure, here's a chisel and some marble....get to work! I'd love to see how good yours comes out. Oh, what? You don't want to put in the work? That's right, it's easier to just lazily leave insensitive comments cause it's just You right?
There's this thing called ART Appreciation. Art doesn't just flatly exist...it requires someone to see it with appreciative eyes.......there's different style of art....different ways to interpret it. Looks lifelike and you feel like it's them. Sometimes you just gotta close your eyes and relax. My God, it's a bronze statue...not an iPhone VR hologram or whatever. People complaining about the Statue of Liberty not staying copper toned but "Why did it turn blue...send it back to France!" No. Just appreciate any way you can.
@@Forever24Music you’re the only one that likes it. And art is personal and based on opinion I don’t think this is art. That’s my opinion if you don’t like it… thats fine
He has done a lot for me and my friends getting away from the problems that we had growing up living poor just coming together and watching him play on a small TV would get us through not knowing the life we had please fix this. I know he probably isn’t the best person to everybody, but in our eyes, he brought us relief Please
Beautiful concept, bad execution 😕 rest easy gigi you were too young to have to go out like that. kobe was an adult we can all go, but when it's a kid...thats tough
Hey, it's Kobe. The tone of your comment ....not coool. Not ok. Will anyone ever invite you to another funeral service with that attitude? Probably NOT....I'm just saying bro!
@@smoothvolcano Yes they weren't r a p i s t s like Kobe. But this comment will get deleted anyways. People are rewriting Kobe's history to make him look like a good guy
Yeah, how hard is it for people to just appreciate something even if it isn't 100% exactly what they expected AND JUST show love and support? How hard is it to appreciate something? (SMH)
“Ok Ok Ok enough.” We get it… he died. She died. He was. Great player. Etc etc. Too bad this much effort and remembrance can’t be poured into other major issues in this world…
How many Make-A-Wish contributions, time, energy, love and conversations with terminally ill children have you managed to do in your magnificent lives?
Everybody keep saying "that's not Kobe" but NONE OF YALL understand the perfection of IMPERFECT ART -- if yall was "SO GOOD" at making statues the Lakers would have PAID you to do so &&& they didn't. I'm a Clippers fan and truly appreciate the Kobe statues.
You're kidding right??? They have a whole day (Memorial day), they have a memorial site in DC for them with status and name graves for them. Why are you asking the Lakers to do that for them?
@@smoothvolcano they've already honored Kobe they just meant the money could have gone to people who die fighting for our country everyday. Military, police, firefighters, medics, nurses. Kobe and his family weren't even the only ones that lost lives that day.
@@user-kj7nw4zg1y This is the Lakers!!! If you want money to go to military, you can always donate your paycheck🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Lakers cares so much for Kobe and they will honore him as much as they want. The other people have their families and their families honor them in their way.
@@user-kj7nw4zg1y If you want money to go some places different, then donate your paychecks!!! It's not the Lakers organization job to pay for military. Lakers have the right to honor Kobe as much as they want
There were others on that Helicopter that were also talented, no statue's or plaques for them? This statue perhaps would be a better fit at the family Cemetery location. Many Celebrities are buried at Forest Lawn's and other locations. Like Hollywood Forever Cemetery
@@Forever24Music Wait till LeBron James Retires, he's going to have a statue at every corner at Crypto arena, Including a street named after him and statue with his SON Bronny James
@@smoothvolcano Wait till LeBron James Retires, he's going to have a statue at every corner at Crypto arena, Including a street named after him and statue with his SON Bronny James
Let's be real This was for attention for the Lakers This has nothing to do with basketball The statue don't even look like either of them. I think Kobe would have been pissed off.
SMH.....the disrespect is off the charts. Not from the artist but from your comment. Why would you say that considering this sensitive topic?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
This is getting annoying, how many more statues are needed of this guy. He’s dead he’s not coming back and quite frankly that’s what he gets for not driving and flying in inclement weather
@@Forever24Music he was but he was forced by Kobe to still leave… the pilot had said no. Obviously he’ll still be responsible because he’s the pilot dipshit. You seem to like old Kobe, it’s time to get off his junk he’s dead…
Yesterday was a private unveiling for the loved ones and close friends Vanessa’s speech was on the news. Today the public can see the statue at stable center.
Because Vanessa wants all of the attention!! She just bought Kobe a star on the Hollywood walk of fsme....she did invite any Lakers teammates and none of his Black family!!
@@DrBAM-s8e The family is estranged since they sold Kobe’s memorabilia and his championship ring he gave to his parents. SMH do your research before commenting something so stupid like that. Vanessa doesn’t owe anybody any explanation.
WHY TF THE 🤦🏾♂️ WIFE KEEP PLAYING WITH KOBE'S NAME LIKE DAMN. THAT IS NOT HIM THAT 🤦🏾♂️ DON'T LOOK NOTHING LIKE HIS DAUGHTER. 🚫🧢 GO GET THE ARTIST 🎨 THAT SCULPTED ROCKY. 🇲🇽 Latinos wouldn't dare to do SELENA LIKE THIS 💯
I'm not sure I can tell exactly what you're saying but....God Bless You brother. It's the thought that counts. You might be seeing something that I don't see. What are you tryin' to say bro????
Although it looks nothing like Kobe the wings did it for me absolutely gorgeous ; praying our father in heaven has granted them infinity after all we followers of Christ will live for infinity
We never have to look too far evidence that we're in trouble, do we? These statues are for the people who have never seen the two, never cared about the two, and commissioned by people who don't mind wasting people's money to pad their resumés with their "contributions" to be read by yet more people who don't know what the two looked like, etc...
Omg really! He did nothing for this country. He created no cures. He didn't fight no wars...save no lives. He was just a very rich basketball player who died young...and gets 3 statues?!?!? I hope the others on that helicopter get statues too
Actually Athletes do a lot with their money for people. They give to a bunch of charities, research teams for medicines, and other organizations for the greater good. And they do it a lot. They don't attach their names to most of them or are a part of a group. You don't know about a lot of it because it's not publicized.
I took your comment as a double meaning. Of course that's not them; they are only statues. The other meaning could have a reaction such as: The statues don't look like them.
Sure, you want the angels to rest.OOOOOOkkkkk. And what does that have to do with the statue? (What kind of psycho world are WE living IN? )??????????????????
@@Forever24Music Bruh 🗿. Are you joking? They did a crap job, what a disgrace to Kobe. Wtf is he wearing a hoodie and hat for? What a random and poor choice, it has nothing to do with basketball and it's kinda morbid. Is that what he was wearing the helicopter? I'm seriously curious as to why TF they chose such a random and morbid way to depict him.
Shout out to Kobe. But that’s not him
That’s Toby Bryant
@@BeachCrew100 😂😂😂 that’s Korey Bryant
That’s Temu Bryant 😂
@@EricJA921 That’s Cobe Brian 😂
That’s old head bryant
The statues don’t look like Kobe or Gigi that’s a slap to the Bryant family !! Rest in paradise
Its close enough uk how hard it is to actually make a statue
Shouldn't be building statues of rapists in the first place
Must a statue look exactly like the real people huh?
@@JSauer21WOW 😮
@@JSauer21He didn’t raped anybody.
That looks nothing like Kobe
It actually does look like him! It’s always a hater in the crowd
@@georgeblackwell4670 No , it does not look like either of them. The sentiment is respected, but, no they did not get the job done correctly.
@@georgeblackwell4670 go see an optometrist pronto!
@@mizuuuuuuu I agree with this.
@@georgeblackwell4670
I know right like instead of showing love for this amazing work and for love and his daughter and all the rest of the people that lost their lives. It looks identical to Gigi and Kobe, has Kobe’s beard he’s been rocking for a long time and hoodie he wears and Gigi smile and it’s a beautiful thing to see. God bless ❤️🙏
The concept is good; let's make another go at making Kobe Bryant look like Kobe Bryant
Sure, here's a chisel and some marble....get to work! I'd love to see how good yours comes out. Oh, what? You don't want to put in the work? That's right, it's easier to just lazily leave insensitive comments cause it's just You right?
@@Forever24Music are you an idiot? I'm a software engineer, and if I did a bad job I'd be fired,
@@Forever24Music dude shut up, I see you left replies in every comment, you are the ultimate "lil bro" 😂😂😂
RIP Kobe Bryant and gigi ❤️🙏🕊️🏀👑
They only had one job. SMH
I know where’s the helicopter?
@@ticenits3426nah you wild for that one
What are you talking about? They did a great job.
Stfu you expect a statue to look exactly like Kobe And talk
@@KellyMcGill-x4u thank you someone else that realizes the artist wasn’t capturing Kobe but burn victim Kobe.
Kobe was so handsome that it’s difficult to replicate
Exactly.
They know they could’ve made a better statue than that
There's this thing called ART Appreciation. Art doesn't just flatly exist...it requires someone to see it with appreciative eyes.......there's different style of art....different ways to interpret it. Looks lifelike and you feel like it's them. Sometimes you just gotta close your eyes and relax. My God, it's a bronze statue...not an iPhone VR hologram or whatever. People complaining about the Statue of Liberty not staying copper toned but "Why did it turn blue...send it back to France!" No. Just appreciate any way you can.
@@Forever24Music you’re the only one that likes it. And art is personal and based on opinion I don’t think this is art. That’s my opinion if you don’t like it… thats fine
That looks like any dude off skid row lol
😂
...with a Donald Trump orange fake tan.
@dan6151 damn I didn't see that before, but now that you bring it up it's all I see 🤣
Take the name out of it, and nobody will recognize the statue😂
Bruh 💀
He has done a lot for me and my friends getting away from the problems that we had growing up living poor just coming together and watching him play on a small TV would get us through not knowing the life we had please fix this. I know he probably isn’t the best person to everybody, but in our eyes, he brought us relief Please
That is definitely not Kobe.. somebody really fucked up
it’s definitely Ryan Gosling
Peace and Strength for all
These commissioned statues never look like the person they are supposed to look like! I’d never get one.
Just get a shirt made
Beautiful concept, bad execution 😕 rest easy gigi you were too young to have to go out like that. kobe was an adult we can all go, but when it's a kid...thats tough
That's a touching sculpture... but who the hell are they supposed to be? Doesn't look like Kobe or his daughter... who paid for this? public funds?
Hey, it's Kobe. The tone of your comment ....not coool. Not ok. Will anyone ever invite you to another funeral service with that attitude? Probably NOT....I'm just saying bro!
Nah... not good statue. Looks weird plus there doesn't need to be more than one statue of him at the same dang place.
He didn't have to work his ass off for 20 yeaRS ....but....HE DID!
There were 9 people in that helicopter when it crashed.
But they choose to build more statues of a rapist
THANK YOU !! THEY WORSHIP HIM, but he was a horrible human
Were those other people related to Kobe or play for the Lakers?
Okay!! So you want the Lakers to make statue for them too??? Smh
@@smoothvolcano Yes they weren't r a p i s t s like Kobe. But this comment will get deleted anyways. People are rewriting Kobe's history to make him look like a good guy
How do these statues get the ok
When they don’t even look like the person
How hard can it really be to get it right
It’s harder than u think actually
@@Whatnok yeah but I mean come on look at Kobe
@@marcelotapia3970lmk when your statue is finished
The "artist" would have done better to completely hide their faces in each others' shoulders and put "Hello my name is" name tags on them.
Yeah, how hard is it for people to just appreciate something even if it isn't 100% exactly what they expected AND JUST show love and support? How hard is it to appreciate something? (SMH)
Way to honor Kobe, by building a statue of Cody Bryant
☠️💀☠️💀 😂
Racist
@@user-kj7nw4zg1y statue so bad… Sculptor might be racist bruh… You’re right!
Another statue that doesn't look like KOBE
That's ok we shouldn't be building statues of Kobe in the first place
“Ok Ok Ok enough.” We get it… he died. She died. He was. Great player. Etc etc.
Too bad this much effort and remembrance can’t be poured into other major issues in this world…
Agree 100%! And he was a awful person
How many Make-A-Wish contributions, time, energy, love and conversations with terminally ill children have you managed to do in your magnificent lives?
DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THEM. HOW MANY STATUES OF THIS GUY DO YOU F-ING NEED? THEY LOOK CREEPY.
Rich as he was, he cut off his own parents, absolutely disgusting person and his wife is too
Statue guy: how did i do?
Guy who approved it: That will do donkey. that will do.
This isn't the time or place for comments that YOU think are hilarious. I'll pray for you.
what about a statue for his victim?
Amazing
looks more like Justin Bieber than Kobe Bryant.
Too much
Thats his attention starving horrible wife
@@DrBAM-s8e they live rent free in your head
That's beko , not kobe
Everybody keep saying "that's not Kobe" but NONE OF YALL understand the perfection of IMPERFECT ART -- if yall was "SO GOOD" at making statues the Lakers would have PAID you to do so &&& they didn't.
I'm a Clippers fan and truly appreciate the Kobe statues.
Really?!!! How about our heroes who fought for our freedom?
Really. They don't have one? Just asking. I don't idolize any person place,thing god or devil.
You're kidding right??? They have a whole day (Memorial day), they have a memorial site in DC for them with status and name graves for them. Why are you asking the Lakers to do that for them?
@@smoothvolcano they've already honored Kobe they just meant the money could have gone to people who die fighting for our country everyday. Military, police, firefighters, medics, nurses. Kobe and his family weren't even the only ones that lost lives that day.
@@user-kj7nw4zg1y This is the Lakers!!! If you want money to go to military, you can always donate your paycheck🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Lakers cares so much for Kobe and they will honore him as much as they want. The other people have their families and their families honor them in their way.
@@user-kj7nw4zg1y If you want money to go some places different, then donate your paychecks!!! It's not the Lakers organization job to pay for military. Lakers have the right to honor Kobe as much as they want
What about the other ppl that passed away?
Tina Marie's mural in Venice Beach on Pacific Avenue was redone...the original "rendering" looked like Jennifer Aniston...this needs a redo
Fire whoever is making these.
There were others on that Helicopter that were also talented, no statue's or plaques for them? This statue perhaps would be a better fit at the family Cemetery location. Many Celebrities are buried at Forest Lawn's and other locations. Like Hollywood Forever Cemetery
I agree, it's too much. And he was selfish and arrogant
Why are you telling the Lakers organization what to do with their organization???
Says the funeral director. Why don't you focus on micromanaging your life and not others. People don't take kindly to strict, hard-headed comments.
@@Forever24Music Wait till LeBron James Retires, he's going to have a statue at every corner at Crypto arena, Including a street named after him and statue with his SON Bronny James
@@smoothvolcano Wait till LeBron James Retires, he's going to have a statue at every corner at Crypto arena, Including a street named after him and statue with his SON Bronny James
Let's be real This was for attention for the Lakers This has nothing to do with basketball The statue don't even look like either of them. I think Kobe would have been pissed off.
I’m going to throw up
SMH.....the disrespect is off the charts. Not from the artist but from your comment. Why would you say that considering this sensitive topic?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Why make a big deal!!
Long Live Kobe Bryant and Gigi
This is getting annoying, how many more statues are needed of this guy. He’s dead he’s not coming back and quite frankly that’s what he gets for not driving and flying in inclement weather
I agree
I'm sorry but Kobe wasn't the pilot. But if it's the pilot you have a problem with....he was already taken to court and found liable.
@@Forever24Music he was but he was forced by Kobe to still leave… the pilot had said no. Obviously he’ll still be responsible because he’s the pilot dipshit.
You seem to like old Kobe, it’s time to get off his junk he’s dead…
Now both statues look nothing like him smh damn you would think "hey it's kobe let's get the best sculptor out there to get the best quality.
Why didn’t they give the public notice when it was going to be unveiled?
Yesterday was a private unveiling for the loved ones and close friends Vanessa’s speech was on the news. Today the public can see the statue at stable center.
Because Vanessa wants all of the attention!! She just bought Kobe a star on the Hollywood walk of fsme....she did invite any Lakers teammates and none of his Black family!!
@@DrBAM-s8e The family is estranged since they sold Kobe’s memorabilia and his championship ring he gave to his parents. SMH do your research before commenting something so stupid like that. Vanessa doesn’t owe anybody any explanation.
@@jamesmartinez4555 BS !! I personally believe she might have something to do with his death
@@DrBAM-s8e Where’s the evidence there was no foul play involved.
Go birds! 🦅
It’s amazing 😢
looks like Daniel Tosh
SMFH
Disgusting how he treated women.
The symbolism is unreal.
How dare yall disrespect Korbin like this ! Unforgivable 😤
Eagles Let's Go
WHY TF THE 🤦🏾♂️ WIFE KEEP
PLAYING WITH KOBE'S NAME
LIKE DAMN.
THAT IS NOT HIM
THAT 🤦🏾♂️ DON'T LOOK
NOTHING LIKE HIS DAUGHTER.
🚫🧢 GO GET THE ARTIST 🎨
THAT SCULPTED ROCKY.
🇲🇽 Latinos wouldn't dare to do
SELENA LIKE THIS 💯
I'm not sure I can tell exactly what you're saying but....God Bless You brother. It's the thought that counts. You might be seeing something that I don't see. What are you tryin' to say bro????
@@Forever24Music 🤦🏽 IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEN IT WASN'T MEANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY SIR
DON'T THINK TOO HARD...
🔥 🔥 🔥
They don’t look like them.
That looks like the Brawny paper towel guy. 🤣
SMH...lol............it's Kobe Bro!
The statue looks like Gigi is being held by a white guy. How could they have fucked this up???
Here we go with the race card person. Give it up we're all equal.
Rip 4 the others as well. They could had put their names somewhere on stones.
4,???? You don't even know how many people were in that helicopter 🤦♂️ See how you get expose with your fake love???
That’s Temu Bryant 😂
One word"" LUMINARIA 😮
This is a way to really not identify the actual person. This doesn't look nothing like them.
KOBE AND GIGI WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART FOREVER❤
Are people blind, this looks terrible
Although it looks nothing like Kobe the wings did it for me absolutely gorgeous ; praying our father in heaven has granted them infinity after all we followers of Christ will live for infinity
Exactly! AmEN@
Miss you kobe gigi
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
Umm......it looks......nothing like him. They tried,y'all!
Maybe it did remember he’d been in accident
This is destined to be on a top 10 list of worst public art works of all time.
Um, that's way off. So what's your number 1 statue? Let's tear it to shreds just for giggles and attention.
Why make a statute if it doesn’t resemble the person at all
Because you're trying your best. You're trying to meet deadlines. You're working on two or three projects at ONCE!!!! :)
PLus, it looks like THEM. My goodness!
Wow what a piecexof art .amazing
Doesn’t look like him at all
Bronze ready to be stolen for cash
That's what I was thinking. Hurry up, Please remove this mess.
I'll be there to protect it from you bullying beasts@@! :D
We never have to look too far evidence that we're in trouble, do we? These statues are for the people who have never seen the two, never cared about the two, and commissioned by people who don't mind wasting people's money to pad their resumés with their "contributions" to be read by yet more people who don't know what the two looked like, etc...
Omg really! He did nothing for this country. He created no cures. He didn't fight no wars...save no lives. He was just a very rich basketball player who died young...and gets 3 statues?!?!? I hope the others on that helicopter get statues too
Agree with you
Go make them a status 🤷♂️ Nobody is stopping you. And while you're at it, make status for everyone who died in this world too
Actually Athletes do a lot with their money for people. They give to a bunch of charities, research teams for medicines, and other organizations for the greater good. And they do it a lot. They don't attach their names to most of them or are a part of a group. You don't know about a lot of it because it's not publicized.
@@smoothvolcano Exactly....take that energy and do something positive with it. Mamba Mentality.
Rest In Paradise you 2 🙏
I assure you he is not in Paradise
Beautiful!❤❤
Breathtaking statue!!!
Worship of false idols.
But Kobe and Gigi are not false.
Another hot spot for tourists
Amazing how a cheater can be glorified cause hes good at sportsball, stay classy Californyanya.
Yeah you not from California. Don't hate the state. What's sportsball?????? PFFT!
That's not them ,
I took your comment as a double meaning. Of course that's not them; they are only statues. The other meaning could have a reaction such as: The statues don't look like them.
Who's the homeless guy kissing Gigi?!
Is that LeBron James?
ITS BEAUTIFUL
BUT I HOPE NONE OF THE WORDS THAT ARE ON ARE SPELLED WRONG LIKE THE OTHER ONE
REST IN HEAVEN ALL WHO LEFT US THAT DAY🙏🏾
Agreed@!
That looks more like a bum
ouch!
Poor kid. Always associated with her rapist father. Never to stand as a person on her own.
How many burners did you need to bring in to type the same comment?
For all those saying it doesn’t look like Kobe remember he had been in a helicopter crash we don’t know what he looked like lol
Are you serious? Imma remember that comment.
This is a dope statue but can we finally let them rest.
Sure, you want the angels to rest.OOOOOOkkkkk. And what does that have to do with the statue? (What kind of psycho world are WE living IN? )??????????????????
A LeBron and Bronny statue will also be coming soon.
I hope so
That's horrible....what is the news saying again, because their job is o the line?
The artist 😂did a self insert of himself on that statue. Stevie wonder can see that doesn’t look like Kobe
Will there be one of the father of his father jellybean.
Bravo
That would be nice!
Looks like homeless Bill Burr. Wtf?
Well, it was a dumb boy who made that statue.
Does it really. Or does it look like Kobe?
@@Forever24Music Bruh 🗿. Are you joking? They did a crap job, what a disgrace to Kobe. Wtf is he wearing a hoodie and hat for? What a random and poor choice, it has nothing to do with basketball and it's kinda morbid. Is that what he was wearing the helicopter? I'm seriously curious as to why TF they chose such a random and morbid way to depict him.
@@LionelLando Well, it was a dumb boy who made that statue.
😭😭😭 this still gets me . L L the G.O.A.T &G.G 24/8/2 🙏🏽💜💛🕊🕊
❤❤ Never forget, always be loved.
Forever.K.G
The smile made it for me . 🤍
Looks like Tyrone Biggums holding someone against there will
It’s like they are coming out the screen.
I’m sorry but that statue reminds me of Tyrone Biggums.
WHO?!
Long live kobe Bryant ❤❤❤❤
Thank you. Yes, Long live Kobe! Forever Mambas and Mambacitas!!
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅looks NOTHING like Kobe🤤
I think a little too dark they should have light in the skin a little bit😮
RIP kobe and gigi 💔
Not to ruin the occasion. But didn’t something happen to Kobe in 2003 at Colorado?
Nice try on the bait.
@@JYKTwinValinux go North Korea 🇰🇵
@@RollerBladingSuxs Nice try again.
@@JYKTwinValinux Long live Japan 🇯🇵.
@@RollerBladingSuxs Nice try again.