LSU ladies’s basketball participant Flau’jae Johnson, who can also be a rapper, has confronted backlash since referencing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist assaults in New York in a brand new music. The controversial lyrics appeared in a music video launched and subsequently deleted this week, and LSU has one thing to say about it.
“We spoke with Flau’jae this night, and whereas she by no means meant to offend or upset anybody together with her lyrics, she expressed honest regret for any chance of a misunderstanding and instantly took the video down,” LSU stated in an announcement on Tuesday night time, in response to Fox Information. “We are going to study and develop from this expertise collectively.”
Johnson, the SEC Freshman of Yr, compared a Porsche 911 to the Twin Towers tragedy in a remix to Latto’s “Put It On Da Flooring.”
Johnson has been within the music recreation since she was in center college. She dedicated to it straight away, and at age 14 she appeared on “America’s Bought Expertise.” In 2020, Johnson signed a signed a distribution take care of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. Effectively-known artists similar to Lil Wayne have also started connecting with her.
The 19-year-old has been public about how she desires to pursue each a basketball and music profession.
Throughout her first season as a Tiger, Johnson averaged 11 factors, 5.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals per recreation.
Johnson was a part of the primary LSU basketball staff, males’s or ladies’s, to win a nationwide championship. In the identical music that bought her in scorching water this week, Johnson additionally rapped about her confidence LSU can repeat now that former Louisville star Hailey Van Lith has joined the squad.
“We bought Van Lith, that is what I stress in the event that they recommend we won’t repeat,” Johnson rapped.
