请仔细阅读下列材料，分析回答有关问题．

【资料一】东洞庭湖国家级自然保护区位于湖南省岳阳市境内，面积190300公顷，是《国际湿地公约》收录的、由中国政府指定的21个国际重要湿地自然保护区之一，主要保护对象为湿地和珍稀鸟类．

【资料二】东洞庭湖自然保护区有被子植物135科1129种，裸子植物5科25种．通过多年来监测记录到的鸟类共338种，淡水鱼类117种，淡水珍稀哺乳动物白鳍豚、江豚．

【资料三】东洞庭湖自然保护区正面临威胁，人为捕杀候鸟，过度捕捞鱼虾，大量挖沙，以及自然保护区“核心区”旁的采桑湖的“适度开发”等．对原有的湿地环境造成了一定程度的破坏．

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    Basketball stars become hip-hop singers． It's true． In NBA, hip—hop music is very popular． Many of the players, like Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap (说唱) words when they travel on planes from one city to another． Some of them even have rap radio shows and others perform (表演) in music video．

    When some of the younger stars play basketball, they even try to look like hip—hop singers．

    "Hip—hop is just part of their culture," says one player． "All of us grew up listening to rap and playing basketball, and rappers grew up doing the same thing．"

    Master P． is a famous rap star who wants to become a basketball player． Two NBA teams have invited him to join them． They enjoy listening to his music． An NBA player has become a rapper． He has made four successful rap albums (专集)．

    NBA has a closer connection to hip—hop than any other sports league．