It’s Monday, which means normal Monday things like morning commutes, meetings and painfully working your way through any residual hangover from the weekend. But it also means feasting your eyes on seven foot tall former pro basketballer Shaquille O’Neal moshing at Tomorrowland.
Yes, you read that right. Please, take a moment to kick back, relax and ease your Mondayitis with this video of Shaq absolutely losing it during Modestep’s set at the Belgium music festival over the weekend.
At seven feet, Shaq’s giant frame not only towers over the fellow festivalgoers around him, but becomes somewhat of a ‘springboard’ for fans to bounce off, making for the funnest mosh we’ve ever seen.
Now, you might be asking yourself, but why is Shaquille O’Neal at Tomorrowland? And tbh, it’s a valid question. Apparently, since retiring from basketball, Shaq has tried his hand at a variety of different hobbies, including DJ’ing under the very sexy pseudonym DJ Diesel.
DJ Diesel showed off his skills on the decks during a one-hour set at the festival and then spent the rest of the time lounging in the VIP area and evidently, headbanging in the front row with everyone else.
Oh, and according to Shaquille, DJ Diesel is the real deal. In a 2018 interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1, the former basketballer said, “I like doing festivals, but my set is more trap, hip-hop and dubstep. For me, it’s like…we have that adrenaline rush when it comes to rocking crowds.”
“When you go to festivals, they’re there to just see a great performance. I just give them great music, with the way I put my blends and mixes together, and a lot of people — because they haven’t seen me do it — I guess they think I’m a celebrity DJ, but I’ve been doing it since 1986. It’s about having fun and putting on a show for the people.”
Let this wholesome and truly joyful footage inspire you to live your Monday, and the rest of the week, with all the intensity and confidence of Shaq.