, ▁Jordan , ▁Ad idas , ▁Sp ald ing , ▁Re eb ok , ▁Con verse , ▁Under ▁Arm our , ▁and ▁generic ▁sho es ▁available ▁to ▁create ▁and ▁edit . ▁ ▁R apper ▁Jay - Z ▁serves ▁as ▁executive ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁having ▁both ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁United ▁States ▁men ' s ▁national ▁basketball ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁game . ▁Additionally , ▁he ▁appeared ▁in ▁an ▁introduction , ▁picked ▁songs ▁for ▁the ▁game ' s ▁sound track ▁and ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁its ▁in - game ▁men us ▁" and ▁other ▁visual ▁elements ". ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁Scott ie ▁Pi ppen ▁was ▁left ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁in ability ▁to ▁secure ▁use ▁of ▁his ▁li ken ess . ▁However , ▁after ▁w ides p read ▁disappoint ment ▁from ▁fans ▁over ▁his ▁absence , ▁he ▁was ▁then ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁team ▁ro ster . ▁ ▁The ▁sound track ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁including ▁songs ▁from ▁Jay - Z ▁and ▁artists ▁like ▁Nas , ▁K any e ▁West ▁and ▁U 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁ 2 K ▁added ▁NBA ▁ 2 K 1 3 ▁L ite ▁( in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁previously ▁release ▁NBA ▁ 2 K 1 3 ) ▁to ▁the ▁iOS ▁platform . ▁This ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁NBA ▁ 2 K ▁series ▁of ▁games ▁is ▁free , ▁and