Master P is bringing star power and a bigger vision to the University of New Orleans basketball program. The hip hop icon, now serving as President of Basketball Operations and assistant coach, plans to turn the struggling team into a destination not just for athletes but for the community.
In a conversation with TMZ, Miller revealed he has reached out to Lil Wayne about performing at the season opener. “I’m bringing some huge talent, but I reached out to Lil Wayne’s management team, so we’re gonna see how that goes,” he said. “But if it doesn’t work out for the first game on November 8th, we’ve got 11 more home games which we can bring him in.”
He also has his sights on other music stars. “I’m gonna hit up J. Cole. There’s so much talent out here. You got NBA Youngboy, you got Boozy, we got a lot of locals from New Orleans and Baton Rouge and Louisiana that we can hit up first.”
For Miller, the entertainment is only part of the plan. “My coach saved my life and helped change my life and I said I want to pay that back forward and help the next generation, help the kids where I grew up at to find the next P, find the next other successful person that comes from poverty, to let them know that you can make it, we believe in you.”
He sees basketball as a tool for education and opportunity. “It’s all about education and the next generation. I feel like if I could start reaching middle school students and preparing them to go to college, then they’ll further their education and crime will go down, poverty will go down and we’ll be able to create these diamonds in the rough. They always say a diamond is dirty till you clean it up.”
Miller plans to make the experience tangible by personally paying for 4,000 middle schoolers to attend games this season. His mission goes well beyond wins and losses and aims to inspire the next generation of leaders and athletes.
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