Rapper gets USC basketball scholarship

[jaxvid]

This is one of the dumb stories of the week. Teenage rapper, son of another rich rapper, gets the people of California to pay for his education with an athletic scholarship.

And what does the kid say? It's all about the education. Sure it is.

, if that was the case why wasn't he getting a grade based scholorship instead of an athletic one?

Rapper, basketball player, no black sterotypes there.

Rapper Lil' Romeo signs to play basketball at USC

November 19, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lil' Romeo is headed to Southern California to play basketball.

The teenage hip-hop performer signed a national letter of intent to attend USC on Monday at a news conference held at a posh hotel near Beverly Hills.

Lil' Romeo, an actor and rapper whose full name is Percy Romeo Miller, is currently a senior guard at Beverly Hills High. He averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists last season. His father, hip-hop mogul Master P, had tryouts with two NBA teams in the 1990s.

"This is the most important thing I've had to do and hopefully it sends a message to kids across the country that education is more important than money," Miller said at the news conference. "Getting a college scholarship is more important than winning an American Music Award, and I plan to be the best student-athlete I can be at USC."

One recruiting service ranks Miller, a 6-0, 170-pounder, among the top 15 prep point guards in the country.

 

[screamingeagle]

Wonder what his grades are? Or is that not important now adays?

 

[Colonel_Reb]

I'm sure his grades are close to freezing, if not below.

 

[white tornado]

Im sure his grades are not that bad its easy to get good grades in todays day and age. What I find funny is his stats they seem far from great for a high school player.

 

[Lance Alworth]

On his TV show on Nickelodeon (where he couldn't act worth a sh*t) He beat kids in one on one that were over 7 feet tall. yeah, how realistic is that

 

[white is right]

His father had about as much talent as the two characters from White Men Can't Jump. Playground stars but not much more than that. As for his son his stats don't even look at that ability.....

 

[Ground Fighter]

I'm sure his grades are close to freezing, if not below.

I'm surprised he even goes to school. "Celebrities" (and I use the term lightly) such as himself usually don't go to public schools. They often have homeschooling tutors.

 

[JoeV]

USC is a private school so the people of California are paying nothing for this tool to go there. When I remember reading this firstly several months ago, I read that he wasn't going to take a scholarship because he had enough money to pay for it on his own. I guess he changed his mind?

 

[Matt_Bowen_Fan]

Why go? Stupid, easy white women.

 

[whiteCB]

How the hell do you get a full ride if your only averaging 14 PPG and 5 RBs??? Only in America! This kid will suck. If you can't average at least 20 in high school how the hell are you going to in college.