Kodak Black has become a good-luck charm

The NFL playoffs are here, and watch out for the Baltimore Ravens, because they have a secret weapon: Kodak Black.

The rapper from Broward County was in Baltimore on Sunday to support Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson — the two grew up together in Pompano Beach — and it was just the latest sign that the 21-year-old hip-hop star doubles as a football goodluck charm.

Kodak, birth name Dieuson Octave, has been to two Ravens games this season, both wins. Sunday, with the Ravens needing a victory to take the AFC North and make the playoffs, Black was on the sideline greeting players before they faced the Cleveland Browns, and he later earned an invite into the locker room for the postgame celebration.

Kodak even apparently let Jackson take home his gold chain — clearly the QB’s most prestigious award since winning the Heisman Trophy.

The chain is a solid gold tribute to Pompano Beach and features the words “Golden Acres” and “1800 Block.” Golden Acres, the public housing development where Kodak Black grew up, is known locally as the 1800 block because the street that leads into the neighborhood — NW 18th Drive — is in the 1800 block of Hammondville Road.

It’s not the first time Kodak has found himself in the middle of a postgame celebration. He was famously on the sideline when his beloved Florida Gators won at Florida State in November.

That led to a memorable embrace with UF coach Dan Mullen, who told Kodak, “You’re undefeated, baby!” as they hugged in the locker room after the game.

On Saturday, the Gators started an enjoyable football weekend for Kodak by trouncing Michigan in the Peach Bowl.

Kodak summed up it all up with a tweet Sunday night, writing: “2018 Been Great Florida Gators Put On And My Boy LJ Made It To The Playoffs”

He had tweeted Saturday that he plans to get a Gatorsinspired tattoo.

Kodak’s influence is felt elsewhere in football, too. At a practice back in September, cameras caught New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady doing some 41-year-old white guy variation of the Kodak Bop.

Whether he knew the origin or not, that dance was inspired by Patriots running back James White, another Broward County native who celebrates TDs with an homage to Kodak.

For his part, White had the best season of his career in 2018.

We’ll just need to wait and see what happens if Kodak’s buddy Lamar advances to face Kodak Bopping Tom later in the playoffs.