Justin Timberlake pens heartfelt post to Kobe Bryant

Justin Timberlake is processing the loss of his friend Kobe Bryant. The singer and actor paid tribute to the Lakers great, who died Sunday at age 41 in a helicopter crash along with eight others, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter and two of her young teammates. In the social media post, he wrote about how they met as teens when they were both rising stars in their industries. Through their careers, they were able to support each other, not just at basketball games (Timberlake is a minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies), but presenting awards to each other at industry events.