Multi-gold and platinum selling rapper Toosii will step out of recording studio and on to the gridiron in hopes of suiting up for Syracuse University's football team, the artist announced on Monday.
The 25-year-old rapper, real name Nau’Jour Grainger, told fans on social media that he's fulfilling a childhood dream.
"For every kid who ever had a dream, make it reality," he posted. "God’s will is the way and no one can stop it not even the devil."
Toosii, who spent his childhood in Syracuse before moving to North Carolina as a preteen, thanked second-year Orange coach Fran Brown for the chance to play.
"To be born in Syracuse and move to North Carolina at age 12 and haven’t been back since. When Coach Fran called, I knew it was a sign from God," according to the artist. "So with tha

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