Jahidi White (born February 19, 1976) is an American former professional

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player who played in the

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Basketball career

Jahidi White attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep. While at Ritter, White teamed with future

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player

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, and ex-NBA player

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. He subsequently attended and played basketball at

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, where he played with

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and Othella Harrington, two other future NBA players. He was drafted in

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in the 2nd round (43rd overall) by the

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. In 2003, Washington traded White to the

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for

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, and in the following season, he was selected by the

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in the

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, and waived in February 2005. He was signed for 2006–2007 by the

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, but was released during preseason. Injuries limited his playing time and mobility. During his career, he averaged 5.9 PPG, 1.1 BPG, 0.2 APG and 5.8 RPG. After his playing career concluded, White discovered upon examining his birth certificate that he had been misspelling his first name throughout. He had been under the impression that his name was spelled Jahidi, when he had in fact been given the name Jahadi.

Acting career

In 2007, White appeared in the Sci Fi Channel original movie '' Alien vs. Alien'', aka ''

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'', playing a hulking alien warrior intent on destroying all life on Earth. He had no spoken lines in this film.

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mentioned him at the end of his hit song ''St. Louie''. Nelly also mentioned him in the St. Lunatics song "Who's the Boss" saying the Like "In the Center Like Jahidi" metaphorically referencing the position Jahidi played in basketball.

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