Flau'jae Johnson isn't interested in being called an athlete who raps ... the LSU national champion and artist behind the hit track with Lil' Wayne says her goals are far loftier -- as in Adele collaborations and Grammy Award wins!
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00:00Welcome back to TMZ Sports, I'm your host, your host, your host, your host, your host,
00:24welcome back to TMZ Sports, Mike and Mojo.
00:31But do you want to talk about a dual threat?
00:33Of course, as you many of you will know, that was Floja Johnson, the LSU basketball star.
00:39She is a national champion and also an incredibly accomplished rapper, Mojo.
00:43If you don't believe me, just look at her on the screen in her new music video starring
00:49none other than Lil Wayne, the absolute hip-hop legend, Mojo.
00:55I had a chance to talk to Flau'jae recently, and I said, with the Wayne collab under your
01:02belt, who do you want to work with next?
01:05Who's the dream collaboration musically?
01:08Let's just say she's setting her sights pretty high.
01:11Who's the best athlete rapper?
01:12I don't know.
01:13I don't know.
01:14I'm not them.
01:15That's my title, because I'm really taking this serious.
01:19I'm trying to perform arenas.
01:21I'm trying to tour.
01:22I'm trying to be a real established artist.
01:24I want to win a Grammy.
01:26I don't even think I'm in that category with them.
01:28I'm on a whole different playing field.
01:32That's interesting.
01:33Do you look at it?
01:34Because the way you even asked the question, it's always like, oh, you're a good rapper
01:38for an athlete, but that's what you're going for.
01:42I want to just dismantle and disrupt that whole narrative, kind of just give the world
01:46something they've never seen before, a real dual talent.
01:50Who did you look up to growing up?
01:51Who would you want to do a collab with, R&B?
01:54Well, first, my favorite artist of all time that sings is Adele.
01:59I love Adele.
02:00I don't know if you would consider that R&B, but I love Adele, Alicia Keys.
02:06I like Black from Atlanta.
02:08He's cold.
02:09I don't know, a lot of different vibes.
02:11Just Adele, my gentleman.
02:13I don't put it past her.
02:14The thing I like the most is she said, I don't want to be like the best artist that's also
02:19an athlete.
02:20I want to be a true dual threat that has legitimate claims for both industries, independent of
02:27one another.
02:28I mean, that's what you want to hear if you're going to be someone in the music world that's
02:31going to be attached to her, working with her, investing in her in any kind of capacity.
02:36I've got to say, man, she looks like an absolute star.
02:40That video with Wayne was awesome.
02:42I mean, it looks fantastic.
02:44I mean, so you can see the value.
02:47You hear her speak in her interviews, very eloquent, put together, saying all the right
02:52things.
02:53I mean, I think that this is a person here that a lot of people can get behind.
02:57I think if I'm Adele and I'm hearing that, I'm absolutely jumping at the chance for a
03:03collab to work with a fan.
03:04I mean, that's great for Adele and her brand as well, right?
03:07To be able to work with Flau'jae and, you know, have something really successful together
03:12as a team.
03:13So, I mean, I thought this was awesome.
03:15I'm a big fan.
03:16There you go.
03:17She's going back to LSU.
03:18She's going to try and win another national title.
03:21I don't know if she wants to play in the WNBA or not.
03:24I think she's good enough, but she may just have such a big career in entertainment, Mojo,
03:28that she says, hey, I'm done playing basketball.
03:30I'm going to hang up the Nikes.
03:32Remember, there is a connection with Adele to the basketball world.
03:35Her fiancé, Adele's fiancé, is none other than super agent Rich Paul.
03:40Rich Paul, of course, lots of connections with LeBron James.
03:43LeBron knows Wayne, so do not be surprised if we do see Flau'jae and Adele sometime here
03:49in the near future.
03:50I hope it happens.
03:51It would be very cool.
03:52All right, Mojo, we are out of time.
03:54We've got a good one tomorrow.
03:56There's a massive fight going down, not this weekend, but next weekend at UFC 306.
04:01Sugar Sean O'Malley fighting Murab.
04:04This is a highly anticipated title fight.
04:06We are going to be joined, Mojo, tomorrow by none other than Sugar, the guy who's one
04:11of the biggest stars in the UFC.
04:12Just said, if that's not a great show, I don't know what is.
04:15Sugar on the show, baby.
04:17We'll definitely make tomorrow the best show since today.