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Multi-Platinum Rapper Toosii Has Committed to Playing Football at Syracuse
Naujour Grainger, a 25-year-old double-platinum rapper, is pausing his music career to join Syracuse’s Division I football team, aiming to make history, he said on social media.
- On Monday , Naujour Grainger, stage name Toosii, committed to play Division I football at Syracuse University, announcing it on Instagram after multiple college visits.
- Naujour Grainger is taking a break from music to attempt Division I football after announcing plans this summer to fully commit to training, returning to Syracuse where he was born before moving to North Carolina at age 12.
- Training at North Carolina State, Grainger worked out there and visited Maryland for a gameday against Florida Atlantic, and he reportedly had offers including Sacramento State and visits to Duke University.
- Fans and peers responded energetically online as DDG, Wallo and Seddy Hendrix cheered Toosii, while Syracuse Athletics department declined to comment to Billboard citing NCAA rules.
- With a double-platinum profile and 4.5 million Instagram followers, Grainger retained four years of eligibility and said on Aug. 18 he is 'chasing history' as a multi-platinum artist.
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Multi-platinum rapper Toosii has committed to playing football at Syracuse
Rap artist Toosii is taking time off from his multi-platinum music career by going forward with his dream to pursue football after saying he has committed to Syracuse University.
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It’s Official! Toosii Reveals That He’s Committed To Syracuse University Following His New Football Offer
These past few months have been a month full of commitment for 25-year-old Toosii. From proposing to his longtime girlfriend and now fiancée, Samaria J Davis, to being on tour with NBA YoungBoy, he’s been showing he’s fully locked in. He’s doing all this while switching lanes from the rap scene and applying pressure on the football field. It looks like Toosii has made another big decision in his career.RELATED: In The Zone! Social Media Goes Wil…
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