Flau’jae has unveiled the cover art and first single for her debut album, and the former basketball player is already plotting the waves the project will make.
The LSU Tigers hooper turned rapper took to Instagram on Saturday (June 8) to reveal the cover art for her June 28 drop.
The photo features her looking up towards the sky against a blue and purple backdrop adorned with a basketball and a microphone.
The artist born Flau’jae Johnson captioned the post: “My New Project “Best Of Both Worlds “[Earth emoji, star emoji] 6/28.
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“I am so excited to let y’all into my world, juggling music and basketball hasn’t been the easiest journey for me, but it has definitely been the most rewarding . I love you all. This Project is gonna Change My Life and I can’t wait to experience this journey with you y’all on June 28th.
“But for now I dropped ‘Pop It’ which is on the project so y’all can have something to listen to until it drops!! it’s out on ALL platforms and you might see a little surprise on the project when you go stream pop it [three Earth emojis].”
Check out the art below.
Though Flau’jae is still relatively new to the rap game, she’s gotten attention from big stars during the early days of her career.
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At the end of 2023, during a stop on Rod Wave’s multi-city tour, the “Rags to Riches” MC brought out Flau’jae to spit some bars.
The star athlete — who has also followed in her father Camouflage’s steps musically — performed her track “Big 4,” just days before she was set to hit the court with her basketball team on December 17. That night, the LSU Tigers won 81-36 over the Northwestern State Demons. Flau’jae had 13 points and 5 assists in the game.
The former shooting guard isn’t the only former LSU Tiger with ties to the rap game.
Last year, her teammate, Angel Reese, received props from Tony Yayo for bringing his “U Can’t C Me” dance Angel Reese to a new audience.
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The Talk of New York sat down with TMZ Sports to talk about the controversy surrounding Reese’s on-court gesture, which many on Twitter credited Yayo for originating.
As far as Yayo was concerned, he felt the controversy around Reese was much ado about nothing. “Any kind of sports, talking trash is a part of the game,” he said. “I mean, it was for the championship game. It’s competition. Even when I’m playing 2k — if you playin’ in the game, with video games, we get excited. You know?”
And as for the “U Can’t C Me” dance, the former G-Unit soldier said that it was “cool” that it had been passed down to another generation.
“I mean, Kanye [West] talked about doing the Yayo dance in a song,” he said. “John Cena mentioned that he got it from me. So I’m cool with it, you know? It’s just a dance. I don’t take nothin’ personal. It was a dance I created because I was trying to hide from the police. But shout out to all them people — John Cena, Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark — and definitely Flavor Flav. But Angel Reese? You know, she took the ‘U Can’t C Me’ dance to a whole ‘nother level.”
