Cubs minor-leaguer shows off impressive freestyle rap skills

Israel Fehr

John Williamson, a pitcher for the Single-A South Bend Cubs, has a backup plan if baseball doesn't work out.

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Check out this video — originally posted on Instagram by former big-leaguer and current Cubs front office staffer Darnell McDonald — of Williamson dropping an impressive freestyle to the beat of Drake's "0 to 100" with shoutouts to Wrigley Field, Jason Heyward, Jon Lester and Dexter Fowler before a recent game.

Here are the lyrics, in case you want to keep up:

Just wanna play, set the something straight, ‘bout to win a 100 games. J-Hey ‘bout to make a play, Lester get the K. We feeling fresh today, got the ‘dub yesterday. New team with the World Series attitude. Road to the ‘chip, that’s the World Series avenue.

I’m feeling like the baddest dude, Fowler on the bases. Yeah, we winning pennant races that’s a Wrigley renovation, like damn. Chi-Town, what up? It’s that boy J-Willy staying on the come up and I do this every day ‘cause you already know. It’s that boy J-Willy, man the freestyle pro.

Turns out Williamson is more than a one-hit wonder. He released an album under his rap name Swilson on iTunes back in February and there are more videos of his freestyles on social media. Don't get it twisted, though. His goal remains more Gold Glove than Grammys at this point.

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Keep it up and Williamson could be the first player to pitch for the Cubs and sing during the seventh inning stretch during his debut. It won't take much to do better at the latter than rapper Warren G, who totally butchered "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" last week at Wrigley.

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Israel Fehr is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at israelfehr@yahoo.ca or follow him on Twitter.