- Johnson has balanced a successful career as a rapper with playing for the Tigers.
- He appeared on season 13 of ‘America’s Got Talent’ in 2018 at age 14.
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LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson is not only a skilled basketball player. The Tigers sophomore is also an accomplished rapper, having signed a record deal with Jay-Z’s label, Roc Nation.
Johnson scored 24 points in LSU’s Sweet 16 victory over UCLA, and will perform arguably the toughest defensive assignment in college basketball on Monday night.
The guard will go toe-to-toe with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, who broke the NCAA overall scoring record last month, when the Tigers and Hawkeyes meet in a rematch for last season’s national championship, with a berth in the Final Four on the line.
Before Johnson found stardom in the world of basketball, she found fame in rap, as she is the daughter of slain hip-hop star Camoflauge.
Camoflauge was murdered in May 2003, while Johnson’s mother was pregnant with her. Listening to Camoflauge’s songs is one of the ways Johnson says she feels connected to her father, whom she never met.
Johnson is an integral part of the LSU women’s basketball team and is a talented rapper.
Jay-Z’s record label, Roc Nation, signed Johnson and has opened doors in music for him
Johnson’s talent on the microphone was first seen by a general audience in 2018, when he auditioned for ‘America’s Got Talent’ at age 14, performing an original song about his background and the Camoflauge murder.
AGT judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell, as well as audience members, gave Johnson a standing ovation after her original audition.
Cowell commented that Johnson’s audition was his favorite of season 13 by “a clear mile” with the now LSU star advancing to the quarterfinals.
Johnson’s basketball career blossomed after her first appearance on AGT, and she was ranked the No. 26 player in the country in the class of 2022, becoming the first All-American recruited to LSU by Kim Mulkey.
Johnson returned to ‘America’s Got Talent’ in 2023 as part of the show’s All-Star special
Johnson’s performance on AGT last year testing the Fugees’ ‘Ready or Not’ also drew a standing ovation from the audience and judging panel.
Before Johnson’s return to ‘America’s Got Talent: All-Stars’ last year, her mother, Kia Brooks, who goes by the name ‘NIL Momager,’ said she wasn’t nervous about watching her daughter perform.
“I created a beast,” Brooks told Mandel.
Johnson likely wouldn’t enter the WNBA until 2026, giving her two more years to chase more national championships at LSU and continue her rap career in Baton Rouge.