$1.5M NIL-valued Flau'jae Johnson reacts as LSU men’s basketball team uses her music

Flau'jae Johnson's music is receiving love and appreciation from all corners of the sporting world. The LSU Tigers men's basketball team is the latest to use Johnson's song, "Came Out A Beast" ft. Lil Wayne, released in June as part of her debut EP, "Best of Both Worlds."

On Monday, an Instagram video promoting LSU's game against SMU in the "Compete 4 Cause Classic" hoops series, featuring snippets from both teams and accompanied by Johnson's song, was posted by LSU.

"It’s Time to Compete! 🔥🏀💪🏽," the sporting event wrote in the caption.

Flau'jae Johnson, who has an On3 NIL valuation of $1.5 million, reacted in the comments, leaving just a fire emoji.

Flau'jae's reaction to LSU (Credits: Instagram/@Compete4CauseClassic)

Johnson's inspiration for music is her father, Jason Johnson, aka "Camoflauge," who was killed in a shooting incident six months before the guard was born.

“My mama had told me the whole story about my father, and how he died and how he was a rapper,” she said. “I just really clung to it, because all I had left of him was his music.”

Flau'jae Johnson is pursuing her basketball career while still making music. Commenting on how she balances both, the guard said:

"It’s damn near impossible, but it’s like I’m doing the impossible right now. That’s what makes the journey so great because it’s so hard. I was telling my boyfriend the other day — nobody has ever done this before, so there’s no blueprint on how to do it. So I gotta create my own thing that works for me and that’s what I’ve been doing."

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Flau'jae Johnson joins Unrivaled as the second college player

After Paige Bueckers, Flau'jae Johnson became the second student-athlete to sign an NIL deal with the women's 3x3 professional basketball league, Unrivaled. The partnership comes with equity rights in one of the six teams.

"I think the equity is the most important part, just being able to be invested in something like that," Johnson said (via Fox News Digital). "And for me, being able to leverage my brand and to create business opportunities. That’s really what this NIL space is all about.

"When you’re in NIL, you literally have this short window where everybody wants to have you a part [of something], so to really leverage that into something that’s going to last for a long time. It’s going to be in my business portfolio and gain capital in the future, that’s a really big deal."

With the league tipping off in January, Johnson will only have equity but could play in the league when she declares for the WNBA draft for which she is eligible next year.