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Dame Lillard's debut album is quickly rising up the charts

Published Oct. 21, 2016 4:43 p.m. ET

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Damian Lillard dropped his debut album, "The Letter O", on Friday, and it's enjoying the kind of hot start the Portland Trail Blazers can only hope to have.

#TheLetterO is currently #3 on the @iTunes hip-hop charts. Trying to get to #1! https://t.co/8VZqp97F9F pic.twitter.com/vusTDbBMSh
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) October 21, 2016

Dame D.O.L.L.A, who's made a name for himself with mixtapes and dropping bars on social media, hosts the popular freestyle challenge "#4BarFriday" on Instagram, and the video for his song "Bigger than Us" premiered on TNT in January.

On his new album he tells the story of his rise to fame with help from Jamie Foxx, Raphael Saadiq and Lil Wayne, among others.

But the best part might be that the title of his opening song is "Bill Walton", and he also name-drops his former Weber State University coach Phil Beckner in a verse.

Shout out Phil Beckner, yo.

Put some 60 sec preview clips of all the tracks from #TheLetterO on my @SoundCloud https://t.co/xDWgBeduXX pic.twitter.com/1l4z32VRtC
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) October 21, 2016

Slime got barz fr fr plus da boy on dat bish so get dat sh!t !!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/KqBYcGLRwa
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 20, 2016

This dude right here is a problem.. On and off the court. Congrts @dame_lillard on your album… https://t.co/XLe5oMY7kV
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) October 21, 2016

S/O the homie @Dame_Lillard on his first full project #TheLetterO!! Yall make sure to check it out on iTunes asap! The boy in his bag ?
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 21, 2016

The Associated Press contributed to this report.