Kendrick Lamar's new album could be good news for the Golden State Warriors

Toronto Raptors global ambassador and Grammy Award-winning artist Drake briefly summed up the relationship between athletes and musicians in "Thank Me Now," the final track from his 2010 debut album. It was titled "Thank Me Later".

“I swear sports and music are synonymous, because we want to be them, and they want to be us,” Drake said.

In recent years, there have been some particularly strong similarities between a certain NBA team and the rapper — both of whom live on the West Coast.

(Cue "California Love" by 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre)

The Golden State Warriors clinched their ticket to the Finals for the sixth time in eight seasons with a convincing Game 5 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.

Earlier this month, Compton, California native Kendrick Lamar released his fifth studio album, "Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers."

Here's where things get interesting:

Golden State's championship-winning years (2015, 2017, 2018) lined up with the release of the previous three albums by Lamar ("To Pimp a Butterfly," "DAMN," "Black Panther: The Album"), who User unanimously 30 on Reddit note .

To put the cherry on top, all three of those albums topped the Billboard charts upon release - an achievement he also achieved with his latest album.

History seems to be on the Warriors' side, but only time will tell whether that trend will continue this year.

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