Out at USC, hip-hop star Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) has committed to play basketball for the Trojans, beginning in 2008. His father, Master P, tried for years to make an NBA roster, to no avail. Romeo has a friend, DeMar DeRozan, who is a highly recruited shooting guard prospect. It is rumored that USC is letting Romeo play for the Trojans in order to entice his best friend, DeRozan, to play for the Trojans.
USC is a football school. However, North Carolina is a basketball school, so there is lots of traffic on their basketball board at Inside Carolina.com. Their fans have some interesting comments on this situation here:
Romeo to USC
Here's a great post from the thread:
Come on, man. You can't be serious. With this news on Lil Romeo, USC is quickly becoming a joke and a circus. (O.J.) Mayo lets his "friend" do his business deals with Floyd. I wonder how much Master P is going to be involved with Floyd? Maybe Floyd can get a record deal next? What's next for USC? Jay-Z as an assistant manager? Tattoo artist sitting on the bench during the games? Drinking Gatorade out of a pimp cup? Maybe Floyd will let them skip practice so they can do movies?.....
USC is attempting to become "Showtime". There was only one "Showtime": the Lakers.
Here is the USC take on the situation: WeAreSC.com
3 comments:
We've been talking about lil Romeo going to USC over at Highbrid Nation. Honestly I'm really happy hear hear that. Its good that he is going to go get an education because we all know the boy is more than rich enough to sit on his behind. The question though is does he really want to go to college or does he just want to go to the NBA?
His dad wants him to go to the NBA. Not sure about Romeo himself. I hope he does get an education, like you said.
Rappers want to be athletes, and athletes want to be rappers.
Master P tried really hard to make the NBA, in spite of becoming a huge success in the world of hip-hop. He'd rather his son be a pro athlete than a rapper or an actor.
With that being said, they appear to have their heads on their shoulders. From what I can tell, Romeo's a pretty smart guy, and wants to go to school.
I think Tim Floyd is using him to get his friend to sign with SC. That wouldn't be the first time that's happened in college basketball.
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