Platinum-selling rapper Toosii is taking time away from music to play college football , despite being 25 years old.
Toosii announced his commitment to Syracuse University on social media Monday.
“For every kid who ever had a dream, make it reality,” he wrote on X alongside photos of himself in a No. 2 Syracuse Orange uniform.
Toosii was born Nau’Jour Grainger and grew up in Syracuse before moving with his family moved to Raleigh, N.C., where he played receiver in high school.
He reportedly began exploring his return to football this summer and thanked God for his homecoming opportunity.
“To be born in Syracuse and move to North Carolina at age 12 and haven’t been back since,” he wrote. “When Coach Fran [Brown] called, I knew it was a sign from God. So with that being said, Cuse I’

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