Lost in the midst of the Will Wade news, LSU had a rapper join the football team

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Toosii, a 26-year-old rapper from Syracuse, New York, has joined the LSU football team. It's been quite an eventful ride there.

The rapper, whose real name is Nau'Jour Grainger, announced in August 2025 he was pausing his music career to pursue his football dreams. Grainger, who returned kicks and played wide receiver for Rolesville (N.C.) at the high school level, visited NC State and Duke while landing a scholarship offer from Sacramento State.

Grainger eventually committed to Syracuse, citing a return to his hometown as the primary motivation.

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Things quickly turned ugly between Grainger and Syracuse. Coach Fran Brown publicly categorized Grainger as a walk-on, which seemed to embarrass the rapper.

"No coach, that ain't what happened," Toosii said in a January 2026 TikTok video. "I told you I wasn't coming there no more, and you feel like you wanted to break the news first before I told people what school I was going to. (Brown) is a bozo for that."

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After the Syracuse debacle, it appeared as if Grainger's college football career ended before it even started. Then Grainer suddenly appeared on the LSU football roster this week, and he's been seen catching passes in practice. The Favorite Song rapper is listed as a wide receiver with No. 89 on the LSU website.

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Grainger may have trouble seeing the field in Baton Rouge considering LSU is widely considered home to the nation's best receivers. Still, even taking the leap to play collegiately at this stage of his life is admirable.

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