LSU basketball star, Flau’Jae Johnson has issued an apology after receiving backlash for her latest freestyle.
As we previously reported, Johnson made a fire remix to Latto’s ‘Put In On Da Floor’ and sparked a bit of controversy on Twitter once fans noticed she spit a bar saying, “I know they sour, in this 9/11 blowing smoke just like them towers.” LSU released a statement on Tuesday and addressed the backlash saying, “We spoke with Flau’jae this evening, and while she never intended to offend or upset anyone with her lyrics, she expressed sincere remorse for any possibility of a misunderstanding and immediately took the video down. We will learn and grow from this experience together.”
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Now I’m a recent video on Instagram Johnson released her own video to speak on the issue and said, “I know y’all probably heard the lyrics to the song I made and I just want to come on here and let y’all know by know means would I ever intentionally disrespect or offend anyone. My whole goal in music is to push positivity and spread love so in no shape or form would I intentionally try to disrespect or offend anyone. I’m definitely going to learn from this moving forward.”
The freshman guard averaged 11 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in 36 appearances this past season as LSU won its first national championship. Johnson’s music was played by deejays across the Tigers’ March Madness run.
Johnson signed a distribution deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation label in 2020. She has been rapping since middle school and made her announcement she was committing to LSU via a rap video featuring Southern rap legend Lil Boosie. Johnson also appeared on “America’s Got Talent” in 2018 when she was 14 years old. She got a golden buzzer from the judges for her heartfelt performance and returned to the show this year as part of an All-Star season.
In a recent interview with the Breakfast Club she spoke about how her father, Jason Johnson, was a local rap hero who went by the name of Camouflage. He was shot and killed five months before she was born.
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