LSU’s Angel Reese stars in Latto and Cardi B’s new rap music video ‘Put It On Da Floor Again’

NCAA champion Angel Reese has taken her newfound fame to another level, starring in a rap music video starring Latto and Cardi B just two months after winning March Madness on LSU’s women’s basketball team.

The 21-year-old has quickly become an influential figure outside US basketball since she mocked Iowa’s Caitlin Clark by mimicking John Cena’s “you can’t see me” hand gesture, something Clark previously called the had been doing all along. college basketball tournament.

However, the LSU forward received a lot of backlash after the game, sparking controversy over whether she was being held to a double standard. What’s more, she also criticized First Lady Jill Biden’s proposal to invite both LSU and Iowa to the White House, casting doubt on her presence, before finally opting to join in May. to join her teammates in DC.

In between high-profile events, Reese has landed several multi-million NIL deals, including with Sports Illustrated, for whom she posed in the magazine’s swimsuit issue; Coach, Amazon and Xfinity.

Reese can now check another accomplishment off her list: starring in the visuals for the song “Put It On Da Floor Again” featuring popular female rappers Cardi B and Latto, which was released Thursday night.

The 21-year-old basketball star (R) appeared in the visuals for Latto’s ‘Put It On Da Floor Again’

The most outstanding player of the NCAA tournament appears several times in the clip, noticeable in the grocery store scenes during the three-minute video.

First, she unties Latto from being wrapped in plastic before shoving her into a shopping cart and holding up a makeshift hoop while the artist hangs a dunk with a filled heart instead of a basketball.

But Reese’s most notable cameo comes after Cardi first appears in the music video, when she drops the bar: “I been ballin’ so damn hard, coulda went to LSU” as the camera zooms in on a viciously robbing Reese.

On the eve of the music video releasing on digital platforms, Reese tweeted, “I told you I wanted to be a video vixen.”

On Friday, Reese tweeted that she always wanted to be one in a music video for fans

LSU’s Angel Reese responds for Iowa’s Caitlin Clark in the national championship game

She later added on Twitter that her boyfriend sang “PUT IT ON THE FLOOR AGAIN” and that she “GOT EMMMN.”

In May, Reese’s teammate Flau’jae Johnson shared her own cover of Latto’s latest hit on social media.

Reese, who has gone by the nickname “Bayou Barbie” since moving to LSU, has also filed for a trademark on the nickname.

Following her college-level basketball accomplishments, she was lauded by LSU alumni, Shaquille O’Neal, who called Reese the greatest athlete ever to come out of the school.

Reese reached out to O’Neal after he made the comments, saying she hadn’t done enough to deserve that level of praise.