The LSU women’s basketball team just won their first national championship in school history. Aside from the controversy that has surrounded their victory, the team has been celebrating accordingly.
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One of the team’s most important players, freshman Flau’jae Johnson, is hoping to craft a song with some Louisiana legends to capitalize on the occasion.
Johnson, who averaged 11 points and six rebounds this season, is also a prominent rapper under the name Flau’jae. Having released a handful of EPs, multiple singles, and a viral freestyle, Flau’jae recently signed with Roc Nation. So, when Louisiana native and hip-hop legend Lil Wayne caught wind of this, he knew he needed to collaborate with the 19-year-old, and even Johnson’s coach Kim Mulkey campaigned for it to happen.
“Actually, me and Flau’jae, we’ve spoken and we’re about to connect musically soon, so be looking out for that,” Wayne said during an ESPN broadcast of LSU’s Final 4 game against Virginia Tech (March 31). “Shout out to miss Kim (Mulkey) too. Miss Kim told me, ‘You must do something with my girl Flau’jae.’ I was like, ‘Say less.'” Check out the interview below.
Soon after, Flau’jae’s teammate Angel Reese, LSU’s star player, insisted she is allowed in the music video for the Wayne-Flau’jae collaboration. “Just let me be the video vixen,” she wrote on Twitter.
Bouncing off of this, fellow rapper NBA YoungBoy wanted to work on the currently unnamed track as well. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where LSU’s campus is, YoungBoy used his Twitter account @BAEHELPTOP to ask if he could provide background vocals to the song.
“And just let me do the humming,” he replied.
YoungBoy and Wayne have worked together twice before. Along with “My Window” (2020), the duo joined forces for “Body Bag” off Wayne’s 2020 joint album with Rich The Kid.
It’s unclear when Wayne and Flau’jae intend to meet and record their song, but it already feels like it will be a huge moment not only for Flau’jau, but for LSU, her team, and the entire hip-hop community in Louisiana.
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