USC voids Romeo?
The latest news trickling out about rapper Lil' Romeo saying he's committed to playing for USC's basketball team once his days at Beverly Hills High are kinda sketchy at this point.
Mostly because Romeo and his people don't know the difference between saying you're doing something and actually signing the paperwork.
According to those who represent Romeo Miller, the 17-year-old is in. Dave Lindsay, a spokesman for his online label UrbanDigital Records, told the Associated Press on Friday that it's done.
According to USC, it ain't necessarily so.
USC spokesman Dave Tuttle said he could neither confirm or deny the rumor because the school hasn't received a signed letter of intent.
“Basketball has run in the family,” Lindsay said, noting the rapper’s father, hip-hop mogul Master P, had tryouts with two NBA teams in the 1990s.
“In the future, I want to be an NBA player. That’s my goal,” Lil’ Romeo told The Associated Press in a 2003 interview.
At the time he was 14 and just 5-foot-6. He acknowledged then that his goal might go unrealized if he didn’t add another 12 inches of height. He’s 17 now and 6-1, a little more than halfway toward that goal.
At the website AllHipHop.com, Miller is described as a 5-foot-11 guard who has "officially signed" with USC and "according to representatives for Romeo, he is is the first nationally known active Hip-Hop star to receive a full athletic scholarship."
Again, not necessarily so.
So what? So let's get things straight.
In addition, FoxSports.com reports that Romeo's commitment has also opened the door for Demar Derozan and Angelo Johnson, a pair of Scout.com's Top 100 players in the Class of 2008, to also go to USC. Another report has Romeo's brother Vercy Miller (also known as Young V) also signing at USC.
Another blog quotes Romeo's father, Master P, as saying: "USC is a great school and I felt like he made a great decision ... it's just great for [Romeo]."
And this website proports to have the killer Romeo recruiting video.