The Oakland Ballers on Wednesday announced that two Bay Area music icons were joining the team's ownership group with the addition of legendary rapper Too Short and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.

Last summer, the Oakland Ballers — a Pioneer League baseball team that played its inaugural season in 2024 — welcomed more than 2,200 fans into its ownership group through a community investment round that raised $1.

Armstrong, 53, founded Green Day in 1987 with Mike Dirnt. The band has sold more than 85 million records worldwide and has won four Grammy Awards. Armstrong also won a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album for “American Idiot,” which also featured Green Day.

The Green Day lead singer and legendary Oakland rapper are new celebrity investors of the Pioneer League baseball club that plays in West Oakland.

Friends of the late Hollywood star Gene Hackman made a telling admission on his status days following his death. Hackman, who starred in movies like "Hoosiers" and "Crimson Tide," was found dead in his New Mexico home last week. Hackman, who retired from acting after starring in "Welcome to ...