Flau’jae Johnson Teases Lil Wayne Collab After National Championship Win

Flau’jae Johnson of the LSU women's basketball team says that she's got a collaboration with Lil Wayne on the way. The star Tigers guard confirmed the feature during a tweet celebrating her team's National Championship victory on Tuesday night.

“Imagine Winning A National Championship Your FRESHMAN Year! Then Getting A Lil Wayne Feature Right After ??! What is life,” she said in the tweet. Fans were excited about the news in her replies. One wrote: "CAME A LONG WAY FROM THE RAP GAME, that freestyle u did not too long ago told me u can really be a star and rep yo pops. Keep doing yo thing on and off the court cause u a baller too!!" Another joked: "I can hear that lighter flicker now…"

Wayne had previously mentioned wanting to work with Johnson on music during an interview on the broadcast of ESPN’s The Bird And Taurasi Show. Johnson shared that clip in her post. “Actually, me and Flau’jae, we’ve spoken, but we about to connect musically soon,” Wayne said as LSU’s Final Four matchup against Virginia Tech played. “That’s shoutout to Miss Kim [Mulkey] too. Because Kim told me, ‘you must do something with my girl Flau’jae.’ I was like ‘say less.’" The host of the interview added: "Flau’jae is about to have a legit music career. I’m so proud of her.”

LSU ended up defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85 on Sunday. Drama quickly ensued for the winning team after Angel Reese taunted Iowa's Caitlin Clark after the game. Several media pundits caught backlash for labeling the move "classless," including Barstool's Dave Portnoy. Clark has since spoken out in defense of Reese, telling ESPN, “We’re all competitive. We all show our emotions in a different way. You know, Angel is a tremendous, tremendous player. I have nothing but respect for her. I love her game."

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