Meet Flau’jae Johnson, basketball superstar and ‘powerful queen’ chasing music dream after rapper father was shot dead
FLAU'JAE Johnson is a college star making waves in both sports and music.
The 19-year-old is driven to succeed in both worlds after growing up without a father.
Johnson's rapper dad Jason was shot dead six months before she was born in an unresolved murder case.
He was better known as "Camouflage" and his death rocked his hometown of Savannah, Georgia.
Flau'jae is now a basketball star and recently became a national champion at Louisiana State University.
But when she was eight years old, she decided to try and follow in her dad's musical footsteps.
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Savannah residents showed up for a tribute to Camouflage in December of that year, but Flau'jae was banned from going by her mom.
She eventually won the argument and sang a tribute song to her father that night, ESPN reports.
Flau'jae said: "I feel like his legacy was cut short. It was taken from him.
"That's why I sometimes feel like it's my duty to finish what he started."
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The 19-year-old now balances studies and basketball at LSU with being a recording artist.
She has a contract in place with Jay Z's Roc Nation brand and signed lucrative NIL deals after LSU won the national title this year.
And the teen star now has 1.5million followers on Instagram, where she posts samples of her music.
On a recent post, one fan commented: "So powerful queen keep spreading this empowering message."
Another wrote: "Keep shooting for the moon."
While a third said: "Ok she’s got skills."
Flau'jae won SEC Freshman of the Year in 2023 after starting all of LSU's games in her first season.
She scored 11 points per game and averaged 5.9 rebounds too in helping the team win the national championship.
Her future looks just as bright in basketball as it does in making music.
