Boosie introduced his legendary power to LSU’s girls’s basketball group Sunday, inspiring gamers by means of his particular relationship with star guard Flau’jae Johnson. The Baton Rouge rapper has served as a father determine to Johnson since her beginning, stepping up after her father Camoflauge was killed in 2003.

The 109-41 victory over Alabama State turned a celebration of household bonds when Boosie sat courtside sporting purple to assist his “niece.” Coach Kim Mulkey invited him into the locker room the place he “took over” and led gamers in singing his hit “Set It Off.”

Sunday’s recreation confirmed that assist in motion. When Boosie appeared on the Jumbotron, he threw up a 4, Johnson’s jersey quantity. After assembly Coach Mulkey, he informed her, “I’m gonna be again, I gotta hold watching my niece.”

Mulkey described how gamers rushed to get their telephones when Boosie entered the locker room. “They had been sprinting to get their telephones that we take up, and so they all had their telephones, after which he jumped up on the massive couch-looking factor,” she mentioned. “They began singing certainly one of his songs.”

The tune was “Set It Off,” which has change into an unofficial anthem for LSU sporting occasions. Mulkey watched as Boosie energized the group along with his presence.

“He took over the locker room, so yeah, that’s a reminiscence,” Mulkey mentioned. “That’s a reminiscence for all of them.”

Boosie’s connection to Flau’jae Johnson runs deep. Her father, Jason “Camoflauge” Johnson, was a rising rapper from Savannah who was shot and killed on Could 19, 2003, outdoors Pure Ache Information whereas strolling along with his toddler son. Flau’jae was born shortly after her father’s loss of life, and Boosie stepped in as a protecting uncle determine.

“Boosie was the one which got here and taken care of me,” Johnson has mentioned concerning the rapper’s function in her life. “He knew Lil Boosie, Birdman, Jeezy. All of these rappers actually regarded out for me.”

The connection has remained robust all through Johnson’s rise to basketball stardom. Boosie repeatedly attends her video games and refers to her as his niece, whereas she calls him uncle. Their bond represents how Hip-Hop neighborhood members assist one another by means of tragedy and triumph.

Boosie’s affect on Johnson extends past basketball. She has spoken about how he taught her resilience after dropping her father. Camoflauge was simply 21 when he was gunned down in Savannah, abandoning his toddler daughter and a promising music profession that included a Common Information deal.

Johnson has channeled her father’s musical legacy into her personal rap profession whereas excelling on the basketball courtroom. She helped LSU win its first nationwide championship in girls’s basketball and has a distribution take care of Roc Nation.

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