The opening line of a track on Nicki Minaj‘s new album, The Pinkprint, may have aroused a former NBA player.

Metta World Peace (born Ron Artest) took to Twitter around 4 a.m. today (December 26), to express how overjoyed he was to be mentioned on “the hottest female rapper’s song.”

“Honestly, I can’t sleep because the hottest female rapper put me in her song,” he wrote. “I bragged to my girlfriend about it. Lol. Ok. Goodnight.”

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Metta may be referring to Nicki Minaj’s lyrics on “Trini Dem Girls.”

Minaj begins the song by rapping: “He in love with a ghetto girl, he said he want a piece like Metta World.”

This isn’t the first time a rapper has dropped Metta’s name in a rhyme. Pharrell, Rick Ross, Meek Mill and others have used his name in their songs.

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