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Latto Will Headline The NCAA Super Saturday Concert Ahead Of The Women’s Basketball Championship Game

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Uproxx cover star Latto has already had a busy 2024, releasing a new single, “Sunday Service,” after appearing on up-and-coming rapper Anycia’s single “Back Outside.” The Clayton County native has even more on her plate for the future, including judging Netflix’s second season of Rhythm + Flow. Still, that’s not stopping her from adding to her agenda, announcing a headlining set for the NCAA Super Saturday Concert ahead of the Women’s national basketball championship game in April. March Madness has arrived, and it looks like Latto has caught the basketball fever.

Maybe in Cleveland, she’ll get a chance to connect and clear the air with fellow Georgian MC and The Rap Game alum Flau’jae Johnson, who felt left out when her LSU teammate Angel Reese appeared in Latto’s “Put In Da Floor Again” video with Cardi B. It appears the schedules just didn’t line up, but Flau’jae couldn’t help wondering if the other Peach State rapper left her out on purpose.

Obviously, the ideal outcome would be Latto collaborating with yet another lesser-known artist, whose profile has been rising both on and off the court, thanks to some big-name co-signs like Wyclef Jean.

Latto’s Super Saturday show will be on April 6 at the Cleveland Public Auditorium and will be free to the public.

Lil Wayne Facetimes LSU Women’s Basketball Team After Final Four Win

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Lil Wayne facetimed with the LSU women’s basketball team after their Final Four win over Virginia Tech on Friday. The interaction comes after he was called out by players on the team for congratulating their Elite Eight opponent, Miami. Wayne addressed the confusion regarding his loyalty during an interview on The Bird & Taurasi Show at the Final Four game.

“I got in trouble from the Bayou Barbie,” Lil Wayne said. “She let me know … I got checked. Bayou Barbie checked me. It’s all good.” LSU star Angel Reese had remarked during a press conference ahead of the game: “I’m on him because he’s from NOLA and he called them before he called us.”

Lil Wayne Performing In New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, LA – AUGUST 25: Lil Wayne performs during Lil WeezyAna at Champions Square on August 25, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

LSU head coach Kim Mulkey remarked afterward that she also spoke with Wayne and that the rapper claimed to know players on Miami for years. Mulkey added that they’ve since made amends and likes his taste in music. “He said he knew the twins from something else early on,” Mulkey said. “Lil Wayne is a Louisiana guy. I was talking to him after the game last night. He’s a treat, and the girls love him. And if the girls love him, I love him. Anything he can do to promote our program and LSU and Louisiana, I’m all for. He even likes my country music. He wants to use that (singing) ‘All my exes … (live in Texas)’ he wants to use that as a sample, whatever that means. So, I just nod my head and say sounds good to me.”

LSU will now take on Iowa in the national championship game. In addition to Angel Reese, LSU’s roster boasts hip-hop artist Flau’jae Johnson. After advancing to the championship, Johnson teased working on a collaboration with Wayne on Twitter. “Lil Wayne collab?? And playing for a National Championship… My life is a movieeeee,” she wrote. The national championship is scheduled for Sunday at 3:30 PM, ET.

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SOURCE SPORTS: North Carolina Advance to the Championship Game, Ending Coach K’s Career in the Process

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Duke’s coach Mike Krzyzewski’s first game was a loss to North Carolina. It only fits his last game would be just like his first one. The North Carolina Tar Heels advance to the NCAA championship game beating the Duke Blue Devils 81-77 in another instant classic.

An 8-seed, the Tar Heels are tied for the lowest-seeded team to reach the final since seeding began in 1979.

“Our belief all year was strong that we can get to this point,” junior center Armando Bacot said. “I don’t know if it was belief or if it was just us being delusional. I mean, at every point of the season, we knew if we came together as a team that we could get to the championship. And that’s what we did.”

The Tar Heels will play the only number 1 seed to make it to the Final Four this weekend in the Kansas Jayhawks.

After 1,202 wins, 13 Final Fours, and a career that redefined the bounds of coaching success in college basketball, Krzyzewski’s career. While this loss will sting Duke for a while, Krzyzewski built a powerhouse program like no other. While the Duke vs. North Carolina rivalry will carry on, it will seem odd next year without Coach K on the sidelines after 40 years.

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SOURCE SPORTS: Duke, North Carolina, Villanova, And Kansas All Are Final Four Bound

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For the first time in a long time, it will be all blue bloods in the final four.

On one side of the bracket are two historic rivals. Duke and North Carolina have faced one another 257 times in the 102-year history of the rival, but next Saturday in New Orleans, they’ll meet in the NCAA tournament for the first time.

On the other side of the bracket are two teams rich in tradition and have built their respective programs to be national powerhouses. Villanova eliminated Kansas during Jay Wright’s title runs, rallying late to edge the Jayhawks in the 2016 Elite Eight before burying them with a barrage of early 3-pointers at 2018 Final Four.

The final four will be filled with intrigued and drama. Duke’s head coach Mike Krzyzewski will be coaching his last game either Saturday or Monday night in the national championship game. Can Kansas run the table as the only number 1 seed left in the tournament? Next weekend will be must-see television, thanks to the four blue blood programs remaining.

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